There's no palette as rich as a garden. And the intensity of it - I make this statement all the time: You can't plan nature; you court her. — 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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
