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
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
I never stop thinking about what I have to do. Let's put it that way. The only thing that takes me out… — Robert Barry Copy Share Image
The notion of a thing, materiality, was something that I think was something very in peoples' minds when they were dealing with… — Robert Barry Copy Share Image
I don't have a dream project. I don't really think in those terms, to tell you the truth. — Robert Barry Copy Share Image
I think you say the word in your mind anyway, you know. When you look at a word, you say it. — Robert Barry Copy Share Image
Teaching I realized took up a lot of my time. I was a kind of a teacher that spent time with students,… — Robert Barry Copy Share Image
If you are operating in a certain way and you are thinking in a certain direction, suddenly opportunities arise. And if you… — Robert Barry Copy Share Image
I think words speak to us even though they may be written on a wall. So we hear them in our mind.… — Robert Barry Copy Share Image
I think my parents - my parents were very hands-off, quite liberal in terms of their - they really - they did… — 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
And when you are operating within your style, which is your world, which you operate in, then it also would make sense… — 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 am good in the fact that most of my reviews have been very positive really. I get pretty good reviews. There… — Robert Barry Copy Share Image
You know, there are some people who just don't - that cannot get comfortable behind the wheel of a car and always… — Robert Barry Copy Share Image
You can never really predict how people are going to react, what they're going to think about, whether they care. — Robert Barry Copy Share Image
When you present works of art, one thing I've learned is that if you're lucky - [Laughs] - there will be those… — Robert Barry Copy Share Image
I shoot a lot of video, first of all, whatever I think is interesting, just my travels; hard to say why. If… — 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
