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
Anything you do will be an abuse of somebody else's aesthetics. I think you're born an artist or not. I couldn't have learned it. And I hope I never do because knowing more only encourages your limitations. Robert Rauschenberg abuseaestheticartist share on social
Oracle was I had started it I guess two and a half years ago, maybe even longer than that, closer to three. Robert Rauschenberg agocloseguess Change image and share on social
I got so I was really just sick of sculpture. Robert Rauschenberg sculpturesick Change image and share on social
Photography has always been a major part of my vision: my excuse for meddling with what the world looks like. Robert Rauschenberg excusemajormeddle Change image and share on social
One can see that a canvas is six feet by eight feet, say, quite accurately. But you can spend two minutes and think it's five, or thirty seconds and it's just a different bed for activities there. Robert Rauschenberg accuratelyactivitybed Change image and share on social
So that ideas of sort of relaxed symmetry have been something for years that I have been concerned with because I think that symmetry is a neutral shape as opposed to a form of design. Robert Rauschenberg concerndesignform Change image and share on social
And also the new excitement and variety of ways that the abstract expressionists were applying paint. You could put it on as though it were colored air and it would be painting. Robert Rauschenberg abstractairapply 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