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Robert Rauschenberg quotes: I wouldn't use the same color in a picture in more than one place.

I wouldn't use the same color in a picture in more than one place.

Robert Rauschenberg quotes: Value the process.

Value the process.

Robert Rauschenberg quotes: Photography has always been a major part of my vision: my excuse for meddling with what the world looks like.

Photography has always been a major part of my vision: my excuse for meddling with what the world looks like.

Robert Rauschenberg quotes: And I think a painting has such a limited life anyway.

And I think a painting has such a limited life anyway.

Robert Rauschenberg quotes: Having to be different is the same trap as having to be the same.

Having to be different is the same trap as having to be the same.

Robert Rauschenberg quotes: Understanding is a form of blindness. Good art, I think, can never be understood.

Understanding is a form of blindness. Good art, I think, can never be understood.

Robert Rauschenberg quotes: Every time I've moved, my work has changed radically.

Every time I've moved, my work has changed radically.

Robert Rauschenberg quotes: I don't mess around with my subconscious.

I don't mess around with my subconscious.

Robert Rauschenberg quotes: But I found a lot of artists at the Cedar Bar were difficult for me to talk to.

But I found a lot of artists at the Cedar Bar were difficult for me to talk to.

Robert Rauschenberg quotes: I feel as though the world is a friendly boy walking along in the sun.

I feel as though the world is a friendly boy walking along in the sun.

Robert Rauschenberg quotes: I'm quite taken aback when I get something that appears to be technically a good photograph, because it's not necessarily my intention.

I'm quite taken aback when I get something that appears to be technically a good photograph, because it's not necessarily my intention.

Robert Rauschenberg quotes: Success is a worn down pencil.

Success is a worn down pencil.

Robert Rauschenberg quotes: A newspaper that you're not reading can be used for anything; and the same people didn't think it was immoral to wrap their garbage in newspaper.

A newspaper that you're not reading can be used for anything; and the same people didn't think it was immoral to wrap their garbage in newspaper.

Robert Rauschenberg quotes: A canvas is never empty.

A canvas is never empty.

Robert Rauschenberg quotes: I prefer images that are less specific, so there is room for everyone's imagination.

I prefer images that are less specific, so there is room for everyone's imagination.

Robert Rauschenberg quotes: By the time you establish your priorities, there really isn't any fun or need to interest yourself in what you're doing. And this I find disastrous.

By the time you establish your priorities, there really isn't any fun or need to interest yourself in what you're doing. And this I find disastrous.

Robert Rauschenberg quotes: A pair of stockings is no less suitable o make a painting of than wood,nails,turpentine,oil,and fabric.

A pair of stockings is no less suitable o make a painting of than wood,nails,turpentine,oil,and fabric.

Robert Rauschenberg quotes: Oracle was I had started it I guess two and a half years ago, maybe even longer than that, closer to three.

Oracle was I had started it I guess two and a half years ago, maybe even longer than that, closer to three.

Robert Rauschenberg quotes: An empty canvas is full only if you want it to be full.

An empty canvas is full only if you want it to be full.

Robert Rauschenberg quotes: I don't like masterpieces having one-night stands in collectors' homes between auctions.

I don't like masterpieces having one-night stands in collectors' homes between auctions.

Robert Rauschenberg quotes: You begin with the possibilities of the material.

You begin with the possibilities of the material.

Robert Rauschenberg quotes: You have to have time to be sorry for yourself to be a good Abstract Expressionist.

You have to have time to be sorry for yourself to be a good Abstract Expressionist.

Robert Rauschenberg quotes: I don't want a picture to look like something it isn't. I want it to look like something it is.

I don't want a picture to look like something it isn't. I want it to look like something it is.

Robert Rauschenberg quotes: You wait until life is in the frame, then you have the permission to click. I like the adventure of waiting until the whole frame is full.

You wait until life is in the frame, then you have the permission to click. I like the adventure of waiting until the whole frame is full.

Robert Rauschenberg quotes: 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.

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.

Robert Rauschenberg quotes: Curiosity is the main energy...

Curiosity is the main energy...

Robert Rauschenberg quotes: I think a painting is more like the real world if it's made out the real world.

I think a painting is more like the real world if it's made out the real world.

Robert Rauschenberg quotes: I like photographs of anything uninteresting. Maybe just two doors on a wall ... The point is to be uninteresting.

I like photographs of anything uninteresting. Maybe just two doors on a wall ... The point is to be uninteresting.

Robert Rauschenberg quotes: I always have searched for a point of view that a participant could change.

I always have searched for a point of view that a participant could change.

Robert Rauschenberg quotes: If I declare it to be so, then this is a portrait.

If I declare it to be so, then this is a portrait.

Robert Rauschenberg quotes: The artist's job is to be a witness to his time in history.

The artist's job is to be a witness to his time in history.

Robert Rauschenberg quotes: I refuse to be in this world by myself. I want an open commitment from the rest of the people.

I refuse to be in this world by myself. I want an open commitment from the rest of the people.

Robert Rauschenberg quotes: Photography is the most direct communication in non-violent contacts.

Photography is the most direct communication in non-violent contacts.

Robert Rauschenberg quotes: An empty canvas is full.

An empty canvas is full.

Robert Rauschenberg quotes: I'm sure we don't read old paintings the way they were intended.

I'm sure we don't read old paintings the way they were intended.

Robert Rauschenberg quotes: This telegram is a work of art if I say it is.

This telegram is a work of art if I say it is.

Robert Rauschenberg quotes: The working process is ideally freeing my mind.

The working process is ideally freeing my mind.

Robert Rauschenberg quotes: If you're going to paint extremely, you need a big piece of canvas.

If you're going to paint extremely, you need a big piece of canvas.

Robert Rauschenberg quotes: (Art is) a means to function thoroughly and passionately in a world that has a lot more to it than paint.

(Art is) a means to function thoroughly and passionately in a world that has a lot more to it than paint.

Robert Rauschenberg quotes: I don't think of myself as making art. I do what I do because I want to, because painting is the best way I've found to get along with myself.

I don't think of myself as making art. I do what I do because I want to, because painting is the best way I've found to get along with myself.

Robert Rauschenberg quotes: Pollock also ... wanted one to be wrapped in the painting.

Pollock also ... wanted one to be wrapped in the painting.

Robert Rauschenberg quotes: 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.

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.

Robert Rauschenberg quotes: It is impossible to have progress without conscience

It is impossible to have progress without conscience

Robert Rauschenberg quotes: If you don't have trouble paying the rent, you have trouble doing something else; one needs just a certain amount of trouble.

If you don't have trouble paying the rent, you have trouble doing something else; one needs just a certain amount of trouble.

Robert Rauschenberg quotes: Sometimes I have taken photographs and just felt so excited that I could barely hold the camera steady, and the photo was boring.

Sometimes I have taken photographs and just felt so excited that I could barely hold the camera steady, and the photo was boring.

Robert Rauschenberg quotes: I want my paintings to look like what's going on outside my window rather than what's inside my studio.

I want my paintings to look like what's going on outside my window rather than what's inside my studio.

Robert Rauschenberg quotes: For me there is no difference between art and life.

For me there is no difference between art and life.

Robert Rauschenberg quotes: Basically painting is total idiocy.

Basically painting is total idiocy.

Robert Rauschenberg quotes: Being right can stop all the momentum of a very interesting idea.

Being right can stop all the momentum of a very interesting idea.

Robert Rauschenberg quotes: This is a portrait of Iris Clert if I say so.

This is a portrait of Iris Clert if I say so.

Robert Rauschenberg quotes: While my classmates were reading their textbooks, I drew in the margins.

While my classmates were reading their textbooks, I drew in the margins.

Robert Rauschenberg quotes: 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.

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.

Robert Rauschenberg quotes: There is no reason not to consider the world as one gigantic painting,

There is no reason not to consider the world as one gigantic painting,

Robert Rauschenberg quotes: I got so I was really just sick of sculpture.

I got so I was really just sick of sculpture.

Robert Rauschenberg quotes: Painting relates to both art and life. Neither can be made. I try to act in that gap between the two.- 1959, from a catalogue

Painting relates to both art and life. Neither can be made. I try to act in that gap between the two.
- 1959, from a catalogue

Robert Rauschenberg quotes: Very quickly a painting is turned into a facsimile of itself when one becomes so familiar with with it that one recognizes it without looking at it.

Very quickly a painting is turned into a facsimile of itself when one becomes so familiar with with it that one recognizes it without looking at it.

Robert Rauschenberg quotes: I was much happier when I had less responsibility ... when my only responsibility was to my work and to myself.

I was much happier when I had less responsibility ... when my only responsibility was to my work and to myself.

Robert Rauschenberg quotes: My concern is never art, but always what art can be used for.

My concern is never art, but always what art can be used for.

Robert Rauschenberg quotes: Work is my joy ... Work is my therapy, I don't know anybody who loves work as much as I do.

Work is my joy ... Work is my therapy, I don't know anybody who loves work as much as I do.

Robert Rauschenberg quotes: 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.

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 quotes: I've not been cursed with talent, which could be a great inhibitor.

I've not been cursed with talent, which could be a great inhibitor.