A newspaper that you're not reading can be used for anything; and the same people didn't think it was immoral to wrap their garbage in newspaper.

Quote by Robert Rauschenberg

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Well, I like way downtown near the Battery. I lived down there at this time...

Well, I like way downtown near the Battery. I lived down there at this time...

I don't mess around with my subconscious.

I don't mess around with my subconscious.

But I was in awe of the painters; I mean I was new in New...

But I was in awe of the painters; I mean I was new in New...

The only thing that I could get with chance, and I never was able to...

The only thing that I could get with chance, and I never was able to...

I don't think any one person, whether artist or not, has been given permission by...

I don't think any one person, whether artist or not, has been given permission by...

I wouldn't use the same color in a picture in more than one place.

I wouldn't use the same color in a picture in more than one place.

Oracle was I had started it I guess two and a half years ago, maybe...

Oracle was I had started it I guess two and a half years ago, maybe...

There was a whole language that I could never make function for myself in relationship...

There was a whole language that I could never make function for myself in relationship...

Pollock also... wanted one to be wrapped in the painting.

Pollock also... wanted one to be wrapped in the painting.

And all of this, all these physical aspects of painting at that time excited me...

And all of this, all these physical aspects of painting at that time excited me...

I think maybe chance works better in a situation like music because music exists over...

I think maybe chance works better in a situation like music because music exists over...

But I found a lot of artists at the Cedar Bar were difficult for me...

But I found a lot of artists at the Cedar Bar were difficult for me...

I'm sure we don't read old paintings the way they were intended.

I'm sure we don't read old paintings the way they were intended.

So that ideas of sort of relaxed symmetry have been something for years that I...

So that ideas of sort of relaxed symmetry have been something for years that I...

I always have a good reason for taking something out but I never have one...

I always have a good reason for taking something out but I never have one...

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

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

An empty canvas is full.

An empty canvas is full.

And also the new excitement and variety of ways that the abstract expressionists were applying...

And also the new excitement and variety of ways that the abstract expressionists were applying...

Every time I've moved, my work has changed radically.

Every time I've moved, my work has changed radically.

And I think a painting has such a limited life anyway.

And I think a painting has such a limited life anyway.