165 Quotes by Robert Barry

The space between things is important to me. The projections, that darkness between the words or the images is very important.

A word refers to something in the real world and so, in a way, does a photo. It's not the thing itself, but it's a kind of suggestion of where you might look for that thing.

I know where the mistakes are. Nothing is perfect and I understand that.

I certainly don't believe that people can read other people's minds.

I'm always looking for relations between my work and the old masters.

The idea of words and photos was something that appealed to me.

The first place I try to go when I have free time is the museums. I'm a big museum person.

I was at one point thinking about being an art historian, when I was in school. And not being an artist, but I decided I was going to be an artist but I'm really mad for art history and the masters mostly.

I was a guest at CalArts. John Baldessari invited me out a few times. I've been there. I've been in Pasadena, taught out at Boulder, University of Colorado. And I've taught in Europe. I've lectured and taught. I've taught at the École des Beaux-Arts in Nigne [sp]. I was there for a couple of weeks, I was there. I've taught all over - in Switzerland, Germany.