Carolina QuotesI usually work in a direction until I know how to do it, then I stop. At the time that I am bored or understand — I use those words interchangeably — another appetite has formed.
Robert Rauschenberg Connected to the Carolinas
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Quoted in: Wendy Richmond (2009), Art Without Compromise, p. 136
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