And I think that even today, New York still has more of this unexpected quality around every corner than any place else. It's something quite extraordinary. Robert Rauschenberg cornerextraordinaryplace Change image and 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
I think a painting is more like the real world if it's made out the real world. Robert Rauschenberg makepaintreal 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
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
Screwing things up is a virtue. Being correct is never the point. I have an almost fanatically correct assistant, and by the time she re-spells my words and corrects my punctuation, I can't read what I wrote. Being right can stop all the momentum of a very interesting idea. Robert Rauschenberg assistantcorrectfanatically 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
I wouldn't use the same color in a picture in more than one place. Robert Rauschenberg colorpictureplace Change image and share on social
I always have a good reason for taking something out but I never have one for putting something in. And I don't want to, because that means that the picture is being painted predigested. Robert Rauschenberg goodmeanpaint Change image and share on social
