“Outside the big idea that there is art I don't think of other's paintings. But I defend the idea of art and know that it is made up of all these paintings. Classic pictures are objects that may or may not influence what you're doing, just like anything else. Like the radio.. .But it hasn't anything to do with your own art or the artist's intention.”
“An empty canvas is full.”
Robert Rauschenberg
“You begin with the possibilities of the material.”
Robert Rauschenberg
“It is completely irrelevant that I am making them. 'Today' is their creator.”
Robert Rauschenberg
“Josef Albers's [a former art teacher of Rauschenberg, on Black Mountain College ] rule is to make order. As for me, I consider myself successful when I do something that resembles the lack of order I ...”
Robert Rauschenberg
“I don't feel any direct relationship between what I do and existing art. Though there is unavoidable progression: the things all paintings have in common are paint, and color, and some means of applic...”
Robert Rauschenberg