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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.


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It is neither Art for Art, nor Art against Art. I am for Art, but for Art that has nothing to do with Art. Art has everything to do with life, but it has nothing to do with Art.

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



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An empty canvas is full.



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



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.



Even at this late date, I go into my studio, and I think 'Is this going to be it? Is it the end?' You see, nearly everything terrorizes me. When an artist loses that terror, he's through.

Even at this late date, I go into my studio, and I think 'Is this going to be it? Is it the end?' You see, nearly everything terrorizes me. When an artist loses that terror, he's through.





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