I'm sure we don't read old paintings the way they were intended. Robert Rauschenberg intendpaintingread Change image and share on social
And I think a painting has such a limited life anyway. Robert Rauschenberg lifelimitpaint 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
Well, I like way downtown near the Battery. I lived down there at this time and for, I guess, the following well, this is where I moved to uptown and I've been here for four years and this is 1965. Robert Rauschenberg batterydowntownguess Change image and share on social
You begin with the possibilities of the material. Robert Rauschenberg beginmaterialpossibility Change image and 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
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
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
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 don't think any one person, whether artist or not, has been given permission by anyone to put the responsibility of the way things are on anyone else. Robert Rauschenberg artistpermissionperson Change image and share on social
