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I may have a lot of political opinions but it doesn't necessarily come into my work. I keep the two worlds separate.

Robert Barry

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I was a filmmaker. I made movies. I made films. And I always took photos and made films, always from the beginning.
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So I never had trouble getting work or working or doing - I always worked. I worked when I went to college. I worked after school.
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I like contrasting between black and white and color.
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I didn't make videos for a long time because I hated the look of TV sets.
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I was always - I was a movie nut. I lived in the movies, really.
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I'm my own worst critic. I mean, I know what's wrong with everything that I've done.
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I was at one point thinking about being an art historian, when I was in school. And not being an artist, but I decided I was going to be an artist but I'm really mad for art history and the masters mostly.
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And yes, there are things I want to keep, that I like around me - especially when there's very little left. I just want to keep those little bits of reminders of my past. There are certain drawings from the '60s certain little paintings from the '60s that I keep.
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I was also a good writer, by the way. My, you know, my English teacher and writing teacher loved my writing. You know, I wrote short stories and things like that. And they liked them very much.
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I am always producing work, but there is always a sort of deadline where you have to finish work. I don't do it for a show. In other words, I am not like a fashion designer where I have a, you know - I have to put out the full line or I have to put out the summer line like that.
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I just try things and whether people like it or if I find it successful or not, I just do it.
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You can't just suddenly change gears and reverse yourself or go to the left or the right because there is no left or right. There's always a certain direction that you're moving in.
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