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Robert Barry quotes: The idea of words and photos was something that appealed to me. The idea of words and photos was something that appealed to me.
Robert Barry quotes: You can't make somebody care about what you're doing. Either they get it, either there's that connection - or they don't. You can't make somebody care about what you're doing. Either they get it, either there's that connection - or they don't.
Robert Barry quotes: I have a lot of ideas for art. And it is really - I don't really have time to do them all. I have a lot of ideas for art. And it is really - I don't really have time to do them all.
Robert Barry quotes: I'm my own worst critic. I mean, I know what's wrong with everything that I've done. I'm my own worst critic. I mean, I know what's wrong with everything that I've done.
Robert Barry quotes: Agnes Martin is a big influence in my work actually, when I first saw her, these fine grids. Agnes Martin is a big influence in my work actually, when I first saw her, these fine grids.
Robert Barry quotes: So I never had trouble getting work or working or doing - I always worked. I worked when I went to college. I worked after school. So I never had trouble getting work or working or doing - I always worked. I worked when I went to college. I worked after school.
Robert Barry quotes: I wanted my style to be very recognizable. I wanted my style to be very recognizable.
Robert Barry quotes: I liked the idea of the words floating in space and the space behind it moving all the time, ever changing. I liked the idea of the words floating in space and the space behind it moving all the time, ever changing.
Robert Barry quotes: I was good at art - always good at art. I was good at art - always good at art.
Robert Barry quotes: I try not to manipulate reality ... What will happen, will happen. Let things be themselves. I try not to manipulate reality ... What will happen, will happen. Let things be themselves.
Robert Barry quotes: I'm not a person - and my wife also - we don't really go to the beach or anything like that. We go to cities. I'm not a person - and my wife also - we don't really go to the beach or anything like that. We go to cities.
Robert Barry quotes: You can't have silence on the radio; people will turn away from the station. You can't have silence on the radio; people will turn away from the station.
Robert Barry quotes: I am very easy. I like to have my work out. I am not restrictive about any of that. It is the collectors that are possessive, not me, not me. I am very easy. I like to have my work out. I am not restrictive about any of that. It is the collectors that are possessive, not me, not me.
Robert Barry quotes: Even though you're reading something, it's as though that person who wrote it is speaking to you. It's a form of conversation, really. Even though you're reading something, it's as though that person who wrote it is speaking to you. It's a form of conversation, really.
Robert Barry quotes: Ne thing you have to develop as an artist is a confidence in what you're doing and that you're right about it. Ne thing you have to develop as an artist is a confidence in what you're doing and that you're right about it.
Robert Barry quotes: I don't have a dream project. I don't really think in those terms, to tell you the truth. I don't have a dream project. I don't really think in those terms, to tell you the truth.
Robert Barry quotes: I was a filmmaker. I made movies. I made films. And I always took photos and made films, always from the beginning. I was a filmmaker. I made movies. I made films. And I always took photos and made films, always from the beginning.
Robert Barry quotes: I was always - I was a movie nut. I lived in the movies, really. I was always - I was a movie nut. I lived in the movies, really.
Robert Barry quotes: I always had a fairly decent income, coming in just from the art. I always had a fairly decent income, coming in just from the art.
Robert Barry quotes: I know where the mistakes are. Nothing is perfect and I understand that. I know where the mistakes are. Nothing is perfect and I understand that.
Robert Barry quotes: I was never that big a rock-and-roll, rock guy. I really preferred jazz, you know, that kind of thing. I was never that big a rock-and-roll, rock guy. I really preferred jazz, you know, that kind of thing.
Robert Barry quotes: Art was something that I was really interested in, probably more so than writing or anything else. Art was something that I was really interested in, probably more so than writing or anything else.
Robert Barry quotes: Developing your own style became something very interesting, very important to me. Developing your own style became something very interesting, very important to me.
Robert Barry quotes: I like working late at night and then going into the house and sitting down and watching a movie and then going to sleep. I like working late at night and then going into the house and sitting down and watching a movie and then going to sleep.
Robert Barry quotes: I always took photographs. I photographed a lot of trees, by the way, which is another image I used often in my work, the tree image. I always took photographs. I photographed a lot of trees, by the way, which is another image I used often in my work, the tree image.
Robert Barry quotes: I always thought there was a - even in the most, quote, "conceptual art," there is always a physical aspect to it. I never knew what the term meant. I always thought there was a - even in the most, quote, "conceptual art," there is always a physical aspect to it. I never knew what the term meant.
Robert Barry quotes: Everybody is always satisfied with what I do. Everybody is always satisfied with what I do.
Robert Barry quotes: The space between things is important to me. The projections, that darkness between the words or the images is very important. The space between things is important to me. The projections, that darkness between the words or the images is very important.
Robert Barry quotes: How does any idea come to your mind? I don't know. How does any idea come to your mind? I don't know.
Robert Barry quotes: I have been in competitions for commissions. I've won most and lost some. Mostly, I've won. I have been in competitions for commissions. I've won most and lost some. Mostly, I've won.
Robert Barry quotes: And we live in a kind of realm of language and words and so forth. So we can sort of relate to them. They don't exist without us. We create And we live in a kind of realm of language and words and so forth. So we can sort of relate to them. They don't exist without us. We create words.
Robert Barry quotes: I had always taken photos - always, always taken photos, made movies. I had always taken photos - always, always taken photos, made movies.
Robert Barry quotes: I do like certain kinds of frames for work. That's important. I do like certain kinds of frames for work. That's important.
Robert Barry quotes: I am a very lucky artist in the sense that I have had all my life a lot of opportunities to do what I want to do. I am a very lucky artist in the sense that I have had all my life a lot of opportunities to do what I want to do.
Robert Barry quotes: I think I feel much more at home in studio. I think I feel much more at home in studio.
Robert Barry quotes: I had always worked. I always had part-time jobs. I had always worked. I always had part-time jobs.
Robert Barry quotes: I didn't like anti-Vietnam War art. I didn't like feminist art. I thought it was heavy-handed and stupid - as art. I didn't like anti-Vietnam War art. I didn't like feminist art. I thought it was heavy-handed and stupid - as art.
Robert Barry quotes: Any artwork is part of something larger, grander and, you know, the situation that it's in is very important. Any artwork is part of something larger, grander and, you know, the situation that it's in is very important.
Robert Barry quotes: If you want to know about what's good in art, you should talk to an artist. If you want to know about what's good in art, you should talk to an artist.
Robert Barry quotes: I relied mainly on other artists, who I think are smarter than critics, any critics or curators or anybody like that. They really know. I relied mainly on other artists, who I think are smarter than critics, any critics or curators or anybody like that. They really know.
Robert Barry quotes: I just try things and whether people like it or if I find it successful or not, I just do it. I just try things and whether people like it or if I find it successful or not, I just do it.
Robert Barry quotes: Normally my head is always filled with art ideas and things that I have to do, deadlines that I have to meet. Normally my head is always filled with art ideas and things that I have to do, deadlines that I have to meet.
Robert Barry quotes: You can never really predict how people are going to react, what they're going to think about, whether they care. You can never really predict how people are going to react, what they're going to think about, whether they care.
Robert Barry quotes: Whatever came out came out. That was it. That's what you live with. If you don't like it, that's your problem. Whatever came out came out. That was it. That's what you live with. If you don't like it, that's your problem.
Robert Barry quotes: If somebody gives me a chance to do something, I am going to use that space, that time, that light, that whatever it is and try and work with it. If somebody gives me a chance to do something, I am going to use that space, that time, that light, that whatever it is and try and work with it.
Robert Barry quotes: I like the work hanging free in the frame. I don't like too much frame around it but I like a little breathing space around the piece. I like the work hanging free in the frame. I don't like too much frame around it but I like a little breathing space around the piece.
Robert Barry quotes: I think you say the word in your mind anyway, you know. When you look at a word, you say it. I think you say the word in your mind anyway, you know. When you look at a word, you say it.
Robert Barry quotes: The first place I try to go when I have free time is the museums. I'm a big museum person. The first place I try to go when I have free time is the museums. I'm a big museum person.
Robert Barry quotes: I'm always looking for relations between my work and the old masters. I'm always looking for relations between my work and the old masters.
Robert Barry quotes: I like contrasting between black and white and color. I like contrasting between black and white and color.
Robert Barry quotes: But artistically, my art I kept very separate from my political beliefs, deliberately and very, very rarely would I allow that kind of thing into it. But artistically, my art I kept very separate from my political beliefs, deliberately and very, very rarely would I allow that kind of thing into it.
Robert Barry quotes: I never ever approached a dealer. I have always been approached by dealers or curators or whatever. I never ever approached a dealer. I have always been approached by dealers or curators or whatever.
Robert Barry quotes: And when you see artists like Donald Judd and so forth being referred to as conceptual, what the hell does that mean? It's a totally meaningless term. And when you see artists like Donald Judd and so forth being referred to as conceptual, what the hell does that mean? It's a totally meaningless term.
Robert Barry quotes: I work with deadlines. It is terrible to be an artist where you are just producing work and nobody gives a damn. Nobody wants to show it. I work with deadlines. It is terrible to be an artist where you are just producing work and nobody gives a damn. Nobody wants to show it.
Robert Barry quotes: I may have a lot of political opinions but it doesn't necessarily come into my work. I keep the two worlds separate. I may have a lot of political opinions but it doesn't necessarily come into my work. I keep the two worlds separate.
Robert Barry quotes: I certainly don't believe that people can read other people's minds. I certainly don't believe that people can read other people's minds.
Robert Barry quotes: I don't really use still photography very much anymore except to document my work. I don't really use still photography very much anymore except to document my work.
Robert Barry quotes: I didn't make videos for a long time because I hated the look of TV sets. I didn't make videos for a long time because I hated the look of TV sets.
Robert Barry quotes: Words are objects of a color and a size and a form and a shape. Words are objects of a color and a size and a form and a shape.
Robert Barry quotes: The big thing is I try not to repeat. The big thing is I try not to repeat.
Robert Barry quotes: By being critical, you also develop your own style of what you like, what direction you want to move. By being critical, you also develop your own style of what you like, what direction you want to move.
Robert Barry quotes: And the mind actually does generate electrical currents - very weak ones and not necessarily ones that can be picked up by anyone else. And the mind actually does generate electrical currents - very weak ones and not necessarily ones that can be picked up by anyone else.
Robert Barry quotes: I am an artist who works very well under pressure, in fact. I like to have deadlines. I am an artist who works very well under pressure, in fact. I like to have deadlines.
Robert Barry quotes: I've always said my biggest influence is my, just, the last work I did, the last piece I made. I've always said my biggest influence is my, just, the last work I did, the last piece I made.

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