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My concern is never art, but always what art can be used for.
Robert Rauschenberg
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Robert Rauschenberg
Age: 82 †
Born: 1925
Born: October 22
Died: 2008
Died: May 12
Artist
Choreographer
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Graphic Artist
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Performance Artist
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Sculptor
Port Arthur
Texas
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Even at this late date, I go into my studio, and I think 'Is this going to be it? Is it the end?' You see, nearly everything terrorizes me. When an artist loses that terror, he's through.
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Art is a means to function thoroughly and passionately in a world that has a lot more to it than paint.
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An empty canvas is full only if you want it to be full.
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One has to believe in what one is doing, one has to commit oneself inwardly, in order to do painting. Once obsessed, one ultimately carries it to the point of believing that one might change human beings through painting. But if one lacks this passionate commitment, there is nothing left to do. Then it is best to leave it alone.
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This telegram is a work of art if I say it is.
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If I declare it to be so, then this is a portrait.
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