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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
Robert Rauschenberg
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Robert Rauschenberg
Age: 82 †
Born: 1925
Born: October 22
Died: 2008
Died: May 12
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And I think that even today, New York still has more of this unexpected quality around every corner than any place else. It's something quite extraordinary
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I used to think of that line in Allen Ginsberg's 'Howl', about the 'sad cup of coffee'.. ..I have had cold coffee and hot coffee and lousy coffee, But I've never had a sad cup of coffee.
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The artist's job is to be a witness to his time in history.
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I think that in the last twenty years or so, there's been a new kind of honesty in painting where painters have been very proud of paint and have let it behave openly.
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It is impossible to have progress without conscience
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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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Success is a worn down pencil.
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If I declare it to be so, then this is a portrait.
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I feel as though the world is a friendly boy walking along in the sun.
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An empty canvas is full only if you want it to be full.
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I don't want a picture to look like something it isn't. I want it to look like something it is.
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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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Having to be different is the same trap as having to be the same.
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This is a portrait of Iris Clert if I say so.
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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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Being right can stop all the momentum of a very interesting idea.
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An empty canvas is full.
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I don't like masterpieces having one-night stands in collectors' homes between auctions.
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My concern is never art, but always what art can be used for.
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I prefer images that are less specific, so there is room for everyone's imagination.
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