--- title: "24 Kind Quotes By Robert Barry" description: "24 Kind quotes by Robert Barry. Plus more from Robert Barry and more Kind sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0a/robert-barry-3413_bigs_i-was-never-that-big-a-rock-and-roll-roc_1267221.jpg" --- > [I was never that big a rock-and-roll, rock guy. I really preferred jazz, you know, that kind of thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-barry/i-was-never-that-big-a-rock-and-roll-rock-guy-i-really-preferred-jazz/) [Robert Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-barry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0a/robert-barry-3413_bigs_i-was-never-that-big-a-rock-and-roll-roc_1267221.jpg) > [I do like certain kinds of frames for work. That's important.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-barry/i-do-like-certain-kinds-of-frames-for-work-that-s-important/) [Robert Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-barry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3eb/robert-barry-3413_certain_i-do-like-certain-kinds-of-frames-for-wo_2436731.jpg) > [The notion of a thing, materiality, was something that I think was something very in peoples' minds when they were dealing with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-barry/the-notion-of-a-thing-materiality-was-something-that-i-think-was/) [Robert Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-barry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d68/robert-barry-3413_different_the-notion-of-a-thing-materiality-was-so_652474.jpg) > [reaking up the space and using the space, using the length of the space, the height of it, whatever, the light, all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-barry/reaking-up-the-space-and-using-the-space-using-the-length-of-the/) [Robert Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-barry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ef/robert-barry-3413_height_reaking-up-the-space-and-using-the-space_2076350.jpg) > [I really kind of liked the fluidity and not really being tied down. I saw the kind of people that were tenured…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-barry/i-really-kind-of-liked-the-fluidity-and-not-really-being-tied-down-i/) [Robert Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-barry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aff/robert-barry-3413_death_i-really-kind-of-liked-the-fluidity-and_1398198.jpg) > [But artistically, my art I kept very separate from my political beliefs, deliberately and very, very rarely would I allow that kind…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ffc/robert-barry-3413_art_but-artistically-my-art-i-kept-very-sepa_174833.jpg) > [A word refers to something in the real world and so, in a way, does a photo. It's not the thing itself,…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ddf/robert-barry-3413_doe_a-word-refers-to-something-in-the-real-w_73286.jpg) > [The idea of the culture that you live in determining meaning in your art, though, is a very important aspect of what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-barry/the-idea-of-the-culture-that-you-live-in-determining-meaning-in-your/) [Robert Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-barry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4e/robert-barry-3413_art_the-idea-of-the-culture-that-you-live-in_2641178.jpg) > [And we live in a kind of realm of language and words and so forth. So we can sort of relate to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-barry/and-we-live-in-a-kind-of-realm-of-language-and-words-and-so-forth-so/) [Robert Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-barry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eec/robert-barry-3413_exist_and-we-live-in-a-kind-of-realm-of-langua_581388.jpg) > [Teaching I realized took up a lot of my time. I was a kind of a teacher that spent time with students,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-barry/teaching-i-realized-took-up-a-lot-of-my-time-i-was-a-kind-of-a/) [Robert Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-barry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae0/robert-barry-3413_class_teaching-i-realized-took-up-a-lot-of-my_1236609.jpg) > [The idea of, say, the compressed space between the floor and the object hanging over it and then the long space between…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-barry/the-idea-of-say-the-compressed-space-between-the-floor-and-the-object/) [Robert Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-barry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ef/robert-barry-3413_artist_the-idea-of-say-the-compressed-space-bet_2289589.jpg) > [I make videos which are works of art in themselves which have nothing to do with Hollywood movies or anything along those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-barry/i-make-videos-which-are-works-of-art-in-themselves-which-have-nothing/) [Robert Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-barry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/192/robert-barry-3413_art_i-make-videos-which-are-works-of-art-in_1775013.jpg) > [I took art courses, only in the sense that I was able to - I took art classes, which were fun, which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-barry/i-took-art-courses-only-in-the-sense-that-i-was-able-to-i-took-art/) [Robert Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-barry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bfd/robert-barry-3413_able_i-took-art-courses-only-in-the-sense-tha_1629569.jpg) > [I try to create a kind of dynamic thing that hopefully some people will become interested in. And what they do with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-barry/i-try-to-create-a-kind-of-dynamic-thing-that-hopefully-some-people/) [Robert Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-barry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f99/robert-barry-3413_creativity_i-try-to-create-a-kind-of-dynamic-thing_1832952.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) > [After I did the drawings of trees combining them with words, I started doing - I did that for a very short…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-barry/after-i-did-the-drawings-of-trees-combining-them-with-words-i-started/) [Robert Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-barry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/962/robert-barry-3413_branches_after-i-did-the-drawings-of-trees-combin_1232306.jpg) > [Heidegger wrote a book called Was Ist Das Ding - What Is a Thing? which was kind of interesting and influential to…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96a/robert-barry-3413_analysis_heidegger-wrote-a-book-called-was-ist-da_243307.jpg) > [The words represent ideas first of all. That is something you have to understand. I mean, it is not just an object,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-barry/the-words-represent-ideas-first-of-all-that-is-something-you-have-to/) [Robert Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-barry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed8/robert-barry-3413_all-kinds_the-words-represent-ideas-first-of-all-t_2415239.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) > [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) > [So it sort of dawned on me that you have to build into your work the fact that it's going to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-barry/so-it-sort-of-dawned-on-me-that-you-have-to-build-into-your-work-the/) [Robert Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-barry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0b/robert-barry-3413_different_so-it-sort-of-dawned-on-me-that-you-have_2843701.jpg) > [People who look at art don't really - don't go with the artist. They don't sort of accept what he or she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-barry/people-who-look-at-art-don-t-really-don-t-go-with-the-artist-they-don/) [Robert Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-barry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fae/robert-barry-3413_accepting_people-who-look-at-art-don-t-really-don_1859036.jpg) > [And when you are operating within your style, which is your world, which you operate in, then it also would make sense…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-barry/and-when-you-are-operating-within-your-style-which-is-your-world/) [Robert Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-barry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f43/robert-barry-3413_just-do-it_and-when-you-are-operating-within-your-s_1701713.jpg) > [I went to Our Lady of Mercy, parochial school and I started Fordham Prep, but that only lasted about a year and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-barry/i-went-to-our-lady-of-mercy-parochial-school-and-i-started-fordham/) [Robert Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-barry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88d/robert-barry-3413_brother_i-went-to-our-lady-of-mercy-parochial-sc_1068271.jpg) ## Other authors on Kind ## 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/kind/robert-barry/#itemlist", "name": "24 Kind Quotes By Robert Barry", "numberOfItems": 24, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I was never that big a rock-and-roll, rock guy. 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