People ask me, 'Don't you ever run out of ideas?' Well, on the first place, I don't use ideas. Every time I have an idea, it's too limiting and usually turns out to be a disappointment. But I haven't run out of curiosity. Robert Rauschenberg curiositydisappointmentidea share on social
I think maybe chance works better in a situation like music because music exists over a period of time, and you don't maintain constantly the you can't refer back from one area to another area. Robert Rauschenberg areabackchance Change image and share on social
And all of this, all these physical aspects of painting at that time excited me very much. You could do a picture in just black and white. I mean all the things, whether you're soliciting permission or not, do give you permission. Robert Rauschenberg aspectblackexcite share on social
If you're going to paint extremely, you need a big piece of canvas. Robert Rauschenberg bigcanvasextremely Change image and share on social
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. Robert Rauschenberg chanceendgeometric Change image and share on social
I'm sure we don't read old paintings the way they were intended. Robert Rauschenberg intendpaintingread Change image and share on social
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 facsimilefamiliarpaint Change image and share on social
I did a twenty foot print and John Cage is involved in that because he was the only person I knew in New York who had a car and who would be willing to do this. Robert Rauschenberg cagecarfoot Change image and share on social
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 amountpayrend Change image and share on social
You have to have the time to feel sorry for yourself in order to be a good abstract expressionist. Robert Rauschenberg abstractexpressionistfeel Change image and share on social
