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.

Quote by Robert Rauschenberg

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

Very quickly a painting is turned into a facsimile of itself when one becomes so...

Very quickly a painting is turned into a facsimile of itself when one becomes so...

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

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

I did a twenty foot print and John Cage is involved in that because he...

I did a twenty foot print and John Cage is involved in that because he...

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...

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...

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 got so I was really just sick of sculpture.

I got so I was really just sick of sculpture.

A newspaper that you're not reading can be used for anything; and the same people...

A newspaper that you're not reading can be used for anything; and the same people...

I think a painting is more like the real world if it's made out the...

I think a painting is more like the real world if it's made out the...

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.

I don't mess around with my subconscious.

I don't mess around with my subconscious.

And I think that even today, New York still has more of this unexpected quality...

And I think that even today, New York still has more of this unexpected quality...

An empty canvas is full.

An empty canvas is full.

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 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...

If you don't have trouble paying the rent, you have trouble doing something else; one...

If you don't have trouble paying the rent, you have trouble doing something else; one...