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A canvas is never empty.
Robert Rauschenberg
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Robert Rauschenberg
Age: 82 †
Born: 1925
Born: October 22
Died: 2008
Died: May 12
Artist
Choreographer
Designer
Graphic Artist
Painter
Performance Artist
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Printmaker
Sculptor
Port Arthur
Texas
Milton Ernest Rauschenberg
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Most artists try to break your heart, or they accidentally break their own hearts.But I find the quietness in the ordinary much more satisfying.
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I've not been cursed with talent, which could be a great inhibitor.
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There was a whole language that I could never make function for myself it revolved around words like 'tortured', 'struggle'. 'pain'.. .I could never see these qualities in paint - I could see them in life and art that illustrates life. But I could not see such conflicts in the materials and I knew that it had to be in the attitude of the painter.
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Success is a worn down pencil.
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Every time I've moved, my work has changed radically.
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Curiosity is the main energy.
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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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You begin with the possibilities of the material.
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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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The only thing that I could get with chance, and I never was able to use it, was that I would end up with something quite geometric or the spirit that I was interested in, indulging in, was gone.
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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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I don't think there's anything really wrong with influence because I think that one can use another man's art as material either literally or just implying that they're doing that, without it representing a lack of a point of view.
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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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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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Having to be different is the same trap as having to be the same.
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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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This telegram is a work of art if I say it is.
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I prefer images that are less specific, so there is room for everyone's imagination.
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It is impossible to have progress without conscience
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My concern is never art, but always what art can be used for.
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