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The space between things is important to me. The projections, that darkness between the words or the images is very important.

Robert Barry

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I didn't like anti-Vietnam War art. I didn't like feminist art. I thought it was heavy-handed and stupid - as art.
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I try not to manipulate reality... What will happen, will happen. Let things be themselves.
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I loved music. Music was a big thing and so I started collecting records. I had a large collection of jazz records and that was something else I used to listen to. At night, there was a - what the heck was his name? There was a famous - Jazzbo Collins, I used to listen to at night, and some other guys.
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I'm getting more and more into Chinese art and Japanese, some of those scroll paintings are amazing. You follow the change of the seasons. It's really something. These guys were great masters and of course the use of space.
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The Vogels were quite strict in what they acquired. They never acquired a projection. They never acquired a sound piece. They were never big on photos that much, unless it was photos documenting something. They had some limitations into what they bought.
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I was always - I was a movie nut. I lived in the movies, really.
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I never ever approached a dealer. I have always been approached by dealers or curators or whatever.
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