Carolina QuotesI am always afraid of explaining what I am doing, because my mind works so perversely. If I know why I am doing something it immediately goes to another channel and I try not to do that anymore. So in any interview there is a possibility that I have to leave the interview and change my entire life. I think I'll stop now and let the works answer the questions. To much information is an obstacle to seeing. My works are created to be seen.
Robert Rauschenberg Connected to the Carolinas
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- 'I don't necessarily desire a perfect photography,' 1981
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- 1981
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