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An empty canvas is full only if you want it to be full.
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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Printmaker
Sculptor
Port Arthur
Texas
Milton Ernest Rauschenberg
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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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I've not been cursed with talent, which could be a great inhibitor.
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