Carolina QuotesThere was something about the self-confession and self-confusion of Abstract expressionism – as though the man and the work were the same – that personally always put me off because at that time my focus was in the opposite direction.
Robert Rauschenberg Connected to the Carolinas
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p. 37
- work
- Robert Rauschenberg, Works, Writings and Interviews, 2006
- year
- 2006
- locator
- p. 37
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