--- title: "19 Ifs Quotes By Robert Barry" description: "19 Ifs quotes by Robert Barry. Plus more from Robert Barry and more Ifs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/468/robert-barry-3413_art_if-you-want-to-know-about-what-s-good-in_209620.jpg" --- > [If you want to know about what's good in art, you should talk to an artist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-barry/if-you-want-to-know-about-what-s-good-in-art-you-should-talk-to-an/) [Robert Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-barry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/468/robert-barry-3413_art_if-you-want-to-know-about-what-s-good-in_209620.jpg) > [I just try things and whether people like it or if I find it successful or not, I just do it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-barry/i-just-try-things-and-whether-people-like-it-or-if-i-find-it/) [Robert Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-barry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7f/robert-barry-3413_ifs_i-just-try-things-and-whether-people-lik_2817135.jpg) > [If somebody gives me a chance to do something, I am going to use that space, that time, that light, that whatever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-barry/if-somebody-gives-me-a-chance-to-do-something-i-am-going-to-use-that/) [Robert Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-barry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e6/robert-barry-3413_chance_if-somebody-gives-me-a-chance-to-do-some_930373.jpg) > [Whatever came out came out. That was it. That's what you live with. If you don't like it, that's your problem.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-barry/whatever-came-out-came-out-that-was-it-that-s-what-you-live-with-if/) [Robert Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-barry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/468/robert-barry-3413_came_whatever-came-out-came-out-that-was-it-t_73507.jpg) > [If you are operating in a certain way and you are thinking in a certain direction, suddenly opportunities arise. And if you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-barry/if-you-are-operating-in-a-certain-way-and-you-are-thinking-in-a/) [Robert Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-barry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c1/robert-barry-3413_arise_if-you-are-operating-in-a-certain-way-an_1310770.jpg) > [I like challenge. I like to be put into a situation which I haven't done before. Something new presents itself and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-barry/i-like-challenge-i-like-to-be-put-into-a-situation-which-i-haven-t/) [Robert Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-barry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea6/robert-barry-3413_art_i-like-challenge-i-like-to-be-put-into-a_345028.jpg) > [If I'm reading something and a word pops up, or I just catch it, I try to mark it off and then,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-barry/if-i-m-reading-something-and-a-word-pops-up-or-i-just-catch-it-i-try/) [Robert Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-barry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/216/robert-barry-3413_add_if-i-m-reading-something-and-a-word-pops_2629411.jpg) > [ When you present works of art, one thing I've learned is that if you're lucky - \[Laughs\] - there will be those… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-barry/when-you-present-works-of-art-one-thing-i-ve-learned-is-that-if-you/) [Robert Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-barry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e4/robert-barry-3413_art_when-you-present-works-of-art-one-thing_2453368.jpg) > [I shoot a lot of video, first of all, whatever I think is interesting, just my travels; hard to say why. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-barry/i-shoot-a-lot-of-video-first-of-all-whatever-i-think-is-interesting/) [Robert Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-barry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79a/robert-barry-3413_firsts_i-shoot-a-lot-of-video-first-of-all-what_2716920.jpg) > [I usually, if I give a talk, I don't usually prepare anything. I just say - you know, I may stop talking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-barry/i-usually-if-i-give-a-talk-i-don-t-usually-prepare-anything-i-just/) [Robert Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-barry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d3/robert-barry-3413_giving_i-usually-if-i-give-a-talk-i-don-t-usual_1059170.jpg) > [I shoot in black and white, sometimes color, sometimes if it looks good I shoot out the window of the airplanes or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-barry/i-shoot-in-black-and-white-sometimes-color-sometimes-if-it-looks-good/) [Robert Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-barry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ee/robert-barry-3413_airplane_i-shoot-in-black-and-white-sometimes-col_12894.jpg) > [I have never had a shortage of ideas for shows. I always just do them and the gallerists don't - they stopped…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-barry/i-have-never-had-a-shortage-of-ideas-for-shows-i-always-just-do-them/) [Robert Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-barry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/258/robert-barry-3413_gallery_i-have-never-had-a-shortage-of-ideas-for_921943.jpg) > [There's a kind of poetic aspect to inert gas. And remember, first of all, they were completely unknown a hundred years earlier.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-barry/there-s-a-kind-of-poetic-aspect-to-inert-gas-and-remember-first-of/) [Robert Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-barry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c51/robert-barry-3413_aspect_there-s-a-kind-of-poetic-aspect-to-inert_2325655.jpg) > [I prefer music but sometimes if there's on talk radio - someone might be on that I like. I listen to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-barry/i-prefer-music-but-sometimes-if-there-s-on-talk-radio-someone-might/) [Robert Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-barry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfe/robert-barry-3413_air_i-prefer-music-but-sometimes-if-there-s_1934323.jpg) > [The only problems I sometimes have is if I ask for a piece for a group show, if I ask for a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-barry/the-only-problems-i-sometimes-have-is-if-i-ask-for-a-piece-for-a/) [Robert Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-barry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d4/robert-barry-3413_asks_the-only-problems-i-sometimes-have-is-if_754599.jpg) > [A text makes the word more specific. It really kind of defines it within the context in which it is being used.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-barry/a-text-makes-the-word-more-specific-it-really-kind-of-defines-it/) [Robert Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-barry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc9/robert-barry-3413_another-world_a-text-makes-the-word-more-specific-it-r_2097852.jpg) > [ But if I did read, say, \[Maurice\] Merleau-Ponty, for instance, it always seemed to me that the parts that I understood in… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-barry/but-if-i-did-read-say-maurice-merleau-ponty-for-instance-it-always/) [Robert Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-barry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/955/robert-barry-3413_art_but-if-i-did-read-say-maurice-merleau-po_2511305.jpg) > [I mean, part of the justification for art is art history, the fact that you're part of this tradition. You can't really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-barry/i-mean-part-of-the-justification-for-art-is-art-history-the-fact-that/) [Robert Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-barry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ab/robert-barry-3413_art_i-mean-part-of-the-justification-for-art_3173043.jpg) > [I like a lot of good European films, good - anything really. I'm a big fan of Netflix and I get films…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-barry/i-like-a-lot-of-good-european-films-good-anything-really-i-m-a-big/) [Robert Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-barry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b01/robert-barry-3413_add_i-like-a-lot-of-good-european-films-good_925083.jpg) ## Other authors on Ifs ## More by Robert Barry > [I shoot in black and white, sometimes color, sometimes if it looks good I shoot out the window of the airplanes or whatever, anything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-barry/i-shoot-in-black-and-white-sometimes-color-sometimes-if-it-looks-good/) [Robert Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-barry/) > [Any artwork is part of something larger, grander and, you know, the situation that it's in is very important.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-barry/any-artwork-is-part-of-something-larger-grander-and-you-know-the/) [Robert Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-barry/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-barry/a-word-refers-to-something-in-the-real-world-and-so-in-a-way-does-a/) [Robert Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-barry/) > [Whatever came out came out. That was it. That's what you live with. If you don't like it, that's your problem.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-barry/whatever-came-out-came-out-that-was-it-that-s-what-you-live-with-if/) [Robert Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-barry/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-barry/i-m-fortunate-in-one-respect-that-i-don-t-have-a-lot-of-work-in-my/) [Robert Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-barry/) > [I was at one point thinking about being an art historian, when I was in school. And not being an artist, but I decided…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-barry/i-was-at-one-point-thinking-about-being-an-art-historian-when-i-was/) [Robert Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-barry/) > [I have a lot of ideas for art. And it is really - I don't really have time to do them all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-barry/i-have-a-lot-of-ideas-for-art-and-it-is-really-i-don-t-really-have/) [Robert Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-barry/) > [But artistically, my art I kept very separate from my political beliefs, deliberately and very, very rarely would I allow that kind of thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-barry/but-artistically-my-art-i-kept-very-separate-from-my-political/) [Robert Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-barry/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-barry/i-am-always-producing-work-but-there-is-always-a-sort-of-deadline/) [Robert Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-barry/) > [If you want to know about what's good in art, you should talk to an artist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-barry/if-you-want-to-know-about-what-s-good-in-art-you-should-talk-to-an/) [Robert Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-barry/) > [Developing your own style became something very interesting, very important to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-barry/developing-your-own-style-became-something-very-interesting-very/) [Robert Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-barry/) > [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-barry/i-m-getting-more-and-more-into-chinese-art-and-japanese-some-of-those/) [Robert Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-barry/) > [How does any idea come to your mind? I don't know.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-barry/how-does-any-idea-come-to-your-mind-i-don-t-know/) [Robert Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-barry/) > [Heidegger wrote a book called Was Ist Das Ding - What Is a Thing? which was kind of interesting and influential to me, as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-barry/heidegger-wrote-a-book-called-was-ist-das-ding-what-is-a-thing-which/) [Robert Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-barry/) > [I had always taken photos - always, always taken photos, made movies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-barry/i-had-always-taken-photos-always-always-taken-photos-made-movies/) [Robert Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-barry/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ifs/robert-barry/#itemlist", "name": "19 Ifs Quotes By Robert Barry", "numberOfItems": 19, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you want to know about what's good in art, you should talk to an artist.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Robert Barry" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-barry/if-you-want-to-know-about-what-s-good-in-art-you-should-talk-to-an/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/468/robert-barry-3413_art_if-you-want-to-know-about-what-s-good-in_209620.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/468/robert-barry-3413_art_if-you-want-to-know-about-what-s-good-in_209620.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/468/robert-barry-3413_art_if-you-want-to-know-about-what-s-good-in_209620.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If you want to know about what's good in art, you should talk to an artist.” — Robert Barry", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I just try things and whether people like it or if I find it successful or not, I just do it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Robert Barry" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-barry/i-just-try-things-and-whether-people-like-it-or-if-i-find-it/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7f/robert-barry-3413_ifs_i-just-try-things-and-whether-people-lik_2817135.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7f/robert-barry-3413_ifs_i-just-try-things-and-whether-people-lik_2817135.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7f/robert-barry-3413_ifs_i-just-try-things-and-whether-people-lik_2817135.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I just try things and whether people like it or if I find it successful or not, I just do it.” — Robert Barry", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If somebody gives me a chance to do something, I am going to use that space, that time, that light, that whatever it is and try and work with it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Robert Barry" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-barry/if-somebody-gives-me-a-chance-to-do-something-i-am-going-to-use-that/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e6/robert-barry-3413_chance_if-somebody-gives-me-a-chance-to-do-some_930373.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e6/robert-barry-3413_chance_if-somebody-gives-me-a-chance-to-do-some_930373.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e6/robert-barry-3413_chance_if-somebody-gives-me-a-chance-to-do-some_930373.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If somebody gives me a chance to do something, I am going to use that space, that time, that light, that…” — Robert Barry", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Whatever came out came out. 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