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My art is about paying attention - about the extremely dangerous possibility that you might be art.
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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Sculptor
Port Arthur
Texas
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Work is my joy... Work is my therapy, I don't know anybody who loves work as much as I do.
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