Carolina QuotesYou could waste years arguing. All I had to do was make one [image] and ask: 'Do I like that?' 'Is there anything to say there?' 'Does that thing have any presence' 'Does it really matter that it looks bluer now, because it is late afternoon? Earlier this morning it looked quite white.' 'Is that an interesting experience to have?' To me, the answer was yes. [on his 'White Paintings']
Robert Rauschenberg Connected to the Carolinas
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- 'I never thought of it as much of an ability,' (1968)
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- 1968
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“You could waste years arguing. All I had to do was make one …” Robert Rauschenberg. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-7E0F67A632. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/7e0f67a632
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