I was at one point thinking about being an art historian, when I was in school. And not being an artist, but… — Robert Barry Copy Share Image
I have a lot of ideas for art. And it is really - I don't really have time to do them all. — Robert Barry Copy Share Image
But artistically, my art I kept very separate from my political beliefs, deliberately and very, very rarely would I allow that kind… — Robert Barry Copy Share Image
If you want to know about what's good in art, you should talk to an artist. — Robert Barry Copy Share Image
I'm getting more and more into Chinese art and Japanese, some of those scroll paintings are amazing. You follow the change of… — Robert Barry Copy Share Image
I like challenge. I like to be put into a situation which I haven't done before. Something new presents itself and I… — Robert Barry Copy Share Image
I was a guest at CalArts. John Baldessari invited me out a few times. I've been there. I've been in Pasadena, taught… — Robert Barry Copy Share Image
Most of the criticism of my work was pretty good, but occasionally it would not be. And I just sort of felt… — Robert Barry Copy Share Image
I consider drawings finished works of art, first of all. However, the ideas can be something that can be developed into something… — Robert Barry Copy Share Image
I am very generous with my dealers in terms of the art that they have of mine. They all have a very… — Robert Barry Copy Share Image
I really wasn't about to get a Ph.D. in art history, you know, which you'd absolutely needed. And that was not something… — Robert Barry Copy Share Image
I didn't like anti-Vietnam War art. I didn't like feminist art. I thought it was heavy-handed and stupid - as art. — Robert Barry Copy Share Image
And style, by the way, is a very important thing. It is like your signature, your handwriting or it is something that… — Robert Barry Copy Share Image
And when you see artists like Donald Judd and so forth being referred to as conceptual, what the hell does that mean?… — Robert Barry Copy Share Image
I am an artist who works very well under pressure, in fact. I like to have deadlines. — Robert Barry Copy Share Image
ne thing you have to develop as an artist is a confidence in what you're doing and that you're right about it. — Robert Barry Copy Share Image
Art was something that I was really interested in, probably more so than writing or anything else. — Robert Barry Copy Share Image
I am a very lucky artist in the sense that I have had all my life a lot of opportunities to do… — Robert Barry Copy Share Image
I relied mainly on other artists, who I think are smarter than critics, any critics or curators or anybody like that. They… — Robert Barry Copy Share Image
I took art courses, only in the sense that I was able to - I took art classes, which were fun, which… — Robert Barry Copy Share Image
I make videos which are works of art in themselves which have nothing to do with Hollywood movies or anything along those… — Robert Barry Copy Share Image
People who look at art don't really - don't go with the artist. They don't sort of accept what he or she… — Robert Barry Copy Share Image
I am good in the fact that most of my reviews have been very positive really. I get pretty good reviews. There… — Robert Barry Copy Share Image
A text makes the word more specific. It really kind of defines it within the context in which it is being used.… — Robert Barry Copy Share Image
I always thought there was a - even in the most, quote, "conceptual art," there is always a physical aspect to it.… — Robert Barry Copy Share Image
I shoot in black and white, sometimes color, sometimes if it looks good I shoot out the window of the airplanes or whatever, anything… — Robert Barry Copy Share Image
Any artwork is part of something larger, grander and, you know, the situation that it's in is very important. — Robert Barry Copy Share Image
A word refers to something in the real world and so, in a way, does a photo. It's not the thing itself, but it's… — Robert Barry Copy Share Image
Whatever came out came out. That was it. That's what you live with. If you don't like it, that's your problem. — Robert Barry Copy Share Image
I'm fortunate in one respect; that I don't have a lot of work in my studio. Most of it's out, gone; either sold or… — Robert Barry Copy Share Image
I was at one point thinking about being an art historian, when I was in school. And not being an artist, but I decided… — Robert Barry Copy Share Image
I have a lot of ideas for art. And it is really - I don't really have time to do them all. — Robert Barry Copy Share Image
But artistically, my art I kept very separate from my political beliefs, deliberately and very, very rarely would I allow that kind of thing… — Robert Barry Copy Share Image
I am always producing work, but there is always a sort of deadline where you have to finish work. I don't do it for… — Robert Barry Copy Share Image
If you want to know about what's good in art, you should talk to an artist. — Robert Barry Copy Share Image
Developing your own style became something very interesting, very important to me. — Robert Barry Copy Share Image
I'm getting more and more into Chinese art and Japanese, some of those scroll paintings are amazing. You follow the change of the seasons.… — Robert Barry Copy Share Image
