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> [We actually form the world at every instant, although we're not cognitively aware of that but - and there are people would argue with that to some degree.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-irwin/we-actually-form-the-world-at-every-instant-although-we-re-not/)

[Robert Irwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-irwin/)

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## More by Robert Irwin

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-irwin/palms-are-like-cockroaches-they-were-here-long-before-us-and-they-ll/)

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> [“One day he became conscious that something was following him, a lazy white dog, a bitch with heavy dugs, padded behind him, whining continuously.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-irwin/one-day-he-became-conscious-that-something-was-following-him-a-lazy/)

[Robert Irwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-irwin/)

> [We actually form the world at every instant, although we're not cognitively aware of that but - and there are people would argue with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-irwin/we-actually-form-the-world-at-every-instant-although-we-re-not/)

[Robert Irwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-irwin/)

> [If you wanted to watch me work, it would be totally boring. It would look like a Warhol film where nothing happens. I sit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-irwin/if-you-wanted-to-watch-me-work-it-would-be-totally-boring-it-would/)

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> [Whenever you look at light, basically it's just air. It has no tactileness to it. It's totally without density.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-irwin/whenever-you-look-at-light-basically-it-s-just-air-it-has-no/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-irwin/if-i-hold-up-a-red-square-for-30-seconds-and-take-it-away-you-will/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-irwin/every-time-you-do-something-make-something-it-s-final-in-a-way-but-it/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-irwin/the-thing-about-a-plant-is-let-s-say-it-will-have-50-or-100-little/)

[Robert Irwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-irwin/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-irwin/when-you-walk-into-a-room-you-assess-it-instantaneously-habitually/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-irwin/it-s-my-observation-that-gardeners-and-gardening-for-a-very-long-time/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-irwin/every-situation-has-qualities-essentially-we-quantify-them-and-that-s/)

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> [“History is nothing but the lies we tell about our ancestors”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-irwin/history-is-nothing-but-the-lies-we-tell-about-our-ancestors/)

[Robert Irwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-irwin/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-irwin/there-s-no-way-to-really-mock-up-or-simulate-what-i-m-doing-until-i-m/)

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> [I slowly dismantled the act of painting, to consider the possibility that no-thing ever really transcends its immediate environment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-irwin/i-slowly-dismantled-the-act-of-painting-to-consider-the-possibility/)

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> [For the next week, try the best you can to pay attention to sounds. You will start hearing all these sounds coming in. Once…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-irwin/for-the-next-week-try-the-best-you-can-to-pay-attention-to-sounds-you/)

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