160 Quotes by Robert Rauschenberg

Curiosity is the main energy...

I feel as though the world is a friendly boy walking along in the sun.

Painting relates to both art and life. Neither can be made - I try to act in the gap.

You have to have time to be sorry for yourself to be a good Abstract Expressionist.

I really feel sorry for people who think things like soap dishes or mirrors or Coke bottles are ugly, because they're surrounded by things like that all day long, and it must make them miserable.

A pair of stockings is no less suitable o make a painting of than wood,nails,turpentine,oil,and fabric.

Painting relates to both art and life. Neither can be made. I try to act in that gap between the two.- 1959, from a catalogue

I feel strong in my belief, based on my widely traveled collaborations, that a one-to-one contact through art contains potent peaceful powers, and is the most non-elitist way to share information, hopefully seducing us into creating mutual understandings for the benefit of all.

You begin with the possibilities of the material.