Carolina QuotesI am sick of talking about What and Why I am doing. I have always believed that the WORK is the word. Action is seen less clearly through reason. There are no shortcuts to directness. [around 1965]
Robert Rauschenberg Connected to the Carolinas
Source
Quote from Robert Rauschenberg, The early 1950s, Walter Hopps, Houston Fine Art Press, 1991
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- 1960's
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- 1960
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“I am sick of talking about What and Why I am doing. I have a…” Robert Rauschenberg. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-E37426A8EB. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/e37426a8eb
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