Carolina QuotesPainting relates to both art and life. Neither can be made. (I try to act in the gap between the two)
Robert Rauschenberg Connected to the Carolinas
Source
from Selections from the Ileana and Michael Sonnabend Collection, Sam Hunter, exhibition catalogue The Art Museum, Princeton University, 1985 p. 21
- work
- 1980's
- year
- 1980
- locator
- p. 21
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“Painting relates to both art and life. Neither can be made. …” Robert Rauschenberg. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-2F7541E3F6. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/2f7541e3f6
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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 application. With the standard you can make any two pictures appear either alike of different. I don't think whether they're alike or different is really very interesting.
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It is completely irrelevant that I am making them. 'Today' is their creator.