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
If you want to know about what's good in art, you should talk to an artist. — Robert Barry Copy Share Image
Heidegger wrote a book called Was Ist Das Ding - What Is a Thing? which was kind of interesting and influential to… — 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
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
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 work with deadlines. It is terrible to be an artist where you are just producing work and nobody gives a damn.… — 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
