Well, I like way downtown near the battery. I lived down there at this time and for, I guess — Robert Rauschenberg
Very quickly a painting is turned into a facsimile of itself when one becomes so familiar — Robert Rauschenberg
There was a whole language that I could never make function for myself in relationship — Robert Rauschenberg
If you don’t have trouble paying the rent, you have trouble doing something else; one needs just a certain amount of trouble. — Robert Rauschenberg
I’m not so facile that I can accomplish or find out what I want to know or explore enough — Robert Rauschenberg
I think maybe chance works better in a situation like music because music exists over a period of time — Robert Rauschenberg
I think a painting is more like the real world if it’s made out the real world. — Robert Rauschenberg
I did a twenty foot print and john cage is involved in that because he was the only person I knew — Robert Rauschenberg
And I think that even today, new york still has more of this unexpected quality around every — Robert Rauschenberg
But I found a lot of artists at the cedar bar were difficult for me to talk to. — Robert Rauschenberg
But I was in awe of the painters; I mean I was new in new york, and I thought the painting that was going on here was just unbelievable. — Robert Rauschenberg
I always have a good reason for taking something out but I never have one for putting something in. — Robert Rauschenberg
A newspaper that you’re not reading can be used for anything; and the same people didn’t think — Robert Rauschenberg
And all of this, all these physical aspects of painting at that time excited me very much. — Robert Rauschenberg