Every situation has qualities. Essentially, we quantify them and that's the practical side of our lives, so the involvement with perception and in acquiring the perception is our ability to understand qualities. They exist only as long as a human… — Robert Irwin Copy Share Image
Palms are like cockroaches. They were here long before us, and they'll be here long after us. They're the only things standing after a… — Robert Irwin Copy Share
“One day he became conscious that something was following him, a lazy white dog, a bitch with heavy dugs, padded behind him, whining continuously.… — Robert Irwin Copy Share
We actually form the world at every instant, although we're not cognitively aware of that but - and there are people would argue with… — Robert Irwin Copy Share
If you wanted to watch me work, it would be totally boring. It would look like a Warhol film where nothing happens. I sit… — Robert Irwin Copy Share
Whenever you look at light, basically it's just air. It has no tactileness to it. It's totally without density. — Robert Irwin Copy Share
If I hold up a red square for 30 seconds and take it away, you will see a perfect green square. It's how the… — Robert Irwin Copy Share
Every time you do something, make something, it's final in a way, but it's not. It immediately raises a great set of questions. And… — Robert Irwin Copy Share
The thing about a plant is, let's say it will have 50 or 100 little points of bright red. If you look at the… — Robert Irwin Copy Share
When you walk into a room, you assess it instantaneously, habitually, before you're even aware of it. I mean, you make sure there's not… — Robert Irwin Copy Share
It's my observation that gardeners and gardening for a very long time have had to take a back seat. Architects are very famous; they've… — Robert Irwin Copy Share
Every situation has qualities. Essentially, we quantify them and that's the practical side of our lives, so the involvement with perception and in acquiring… — Robert Irwin Copy Share
There's no way to really mock up or simulate what I'm doing until I'm there. An exhibition for me is not a statement but… — Robert Irwin Copy Share
I slowly dismantled the act of painting, to consider the possibility that no-thing ever really transcends its immediate environment. — Robert Irwin Copy Share
For the next week, try the best you can to pay attention to sounds. You will start hearing all these sounds coming in. Once… — Robert Irwin Copy Share
