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Very quickly a painting is turned into a facsimile of itself when one becomes so familiar with with it that one recognizes it without looking at it.
Robert Rauschenberg
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Robert Rauschenberg
Age: 82 †
Born: 1925
Born: October 22
Died: 2008
Died: May 12
Artist
Choreographer
Designer
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Performance Artist
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Printmaker
Sculptor
Port Arthur
Texas
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It is neither Art for Art, nor Art against Art. I am for Art, but for Art that has nothing to do with Art. Art has everything to do with life, but it has nothing to do with Art.
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An empty canvas is full only if you want it to be full.
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There is no reason not to consider the world as one gigantic painting.
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But I was in awe of the painters I mean I was new in New York, and I thought the painting that was going on here was just unbelievable
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I prefer images that are less specific, so there is room for everyone's imagination.
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I was much happier when I had less responsibility... when my only responsibility was to my work and to myself.
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You can't make either life or art, you have to work in the hole in between, which is undefined. That's what makes the adventure of painting.
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It is impossible to have progress without conscience
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This telegram is a work of art if I say it is.
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People ask me, 'Don't you ever run out of ideas?' In the first place I don't use ideas. Every time I have an idea it's too limiting, and usually turns out to be a disappointment. But I haven't run out of curiosity.
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Sometimes I have taken photographs and just felt so excited that I could barely hold the camera steady, and the photo was boring.
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You begin with the possibilities of the material.
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An empty canvas is full.
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Having to be different is the same trap as having to be the same.
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I don't like masterpieces having one-night stands in collectors' homes between auctions.
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It's when you've found out how to do certain things, that it's time to stop doing them, because what's missing is that you're not including the risk.
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