160 Quotes by Robert Rauschenberg

I don't think of myself as making art. I do what I do because I want to, because painting is the best way I've found to get along with myself.

An empty canvas is full.

I've not been cursed with talent, which could be a great inhibitor.

I don't really trust ideas, especially good ones. Rather I put my trust in the materials that confront me, because they put me in touch with the unknown.

It is neither Art for Art, nor Art against Art. I am for Art, but for Art that has nothing to do with Art. Art has everything to do with life, but it has nothing to do with Art.

There is no reason not to consider the world as one gigantic painting,

The artist’s job is to be a witness to his time in history.

And I think that even today, New York still has more of this unexpected quality around every corner than any place else. It’s something quite extraordinary.

I don’t really trust ideas, especially good ones. Rather I put my trust in the materials that confront me, because they put me in touch with the unknown.