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.

Quote by Robert Rauschenberg

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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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

I got so I was really just sick of sculpture.

I got so I was really just sick of sculpture.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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

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

I don't mess around with my subconscious.

I don't mess around with my subconscious.

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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...

You begin with the possibilities of the material.

You begin with the possibilities of the material.