Robert Rauschenberg
I refuse to be in this world by myself. I want an open commitment from the rest of the people.Collection: Commitment
I don't think he (Joseph Albers, fh) ever realized that it was his discipline that I came for. Besides, my response to what I learned from him was just the opposite of what he intended.. ..I was very hesitant about arbitrarily designing forms and selecting colors that would achieve some predetermined result, because I didn't have any ideas to support that sort of thing - I didn't want color to serve me, in other words.Collection: Thinking
And I think a painting has such a limited life anywayCollection: Thinking
This is a portrait of Iris Clert if I say so.Collection: Irises
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 unbelievableCollection: New York
An empty canvas is full only if you want it to be full.Collection: Want
And all of this, all these physical aspects of painting at that time excited me very much. You could do a picture in just black and white. I mean all the things, whether you're soliciting permission or not, do give you permissionCollection: Mean
It's so easy to be undisciplined. And to be disciplined is so against my character, my general nature anyway, that I have to strain a little bit to keep on the right track.Collection: Character
If I declare it to be so, then this is a portrait.Collection: Portraits
I'm quite taken aback when I get something that appears to be technically a good photograph, because it's not necessarily my intention.Collection: Taken
I think that in the last twenty years or so, there's been a new kind of honesty in painting where painters have been very proud of paint and have let it behave openly.Collection: Honesty
I was much happier when I had less responsibility... when my only responsibility was to my work and to myself.Collection: Responsibility
It is impossible to have progress without conscience.Collection: Progress