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

Quote by Robert Rauschenberg

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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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

An empty canvas is full.

An empty canvas is full.

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

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

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

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

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 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.

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

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

You begin with the possibilities of the material.

You begin with the possibilities of the material.

I'm not so facile that I can accomplish or find out what I want to...

I'm not so facile that I can accomplish or find out what I want to...

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...

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 don't mess around with my subconscious.

I don't mess around with my subconscious.

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...

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...

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...