I shoot in black and white, sometimes color, sometimes if it looks good I shoot out the window of the airplanes or… — Robert Barry Airplane 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 Artwork 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,… — Robert Barry Doe 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 Ifs 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… — Robert Barry Fortunate 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… — Robert Barry Art 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 Art 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… — Robert Barry Art 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… — Robert Barry Deadline Copy Share Image
If you want to know about what's good in art, you should talk to an artist. — Robert Barry Art Copy Share Image
Developing your own style became something very interesting, very important to me. — Robert Barry Developing 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… — Robert Barry Art 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 Analysis Copy Share Image
I had always taken photos - always, always taken photos, made movies. — Robert Barry Made Copy Share Image
I like challenge. I like to be put into a situation which I haven't done before. Something new presents itself and I… — Robert Barry Art Copy Share Image
I've always said my biggest influence is my, just, the last work I did, the last piece I made. — Robert Barry Influence Copy Share Image
Words have very potent meanings and people read them and they react to them personally. They are very suggestive in terms of… — Robert Barry Language Copy Share Image
I was a guest at CalArts. John Baldessari invited me out a few times. I've been there. I've been in Pasadena, taught… — Robert Barry Art 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 Cinema Copy Share Image
And we live in a kind of realm of language and words and so forth. So we can sort of relate to… — Robert Barry Kind Copy Share Image
The idea of words and photos was something that appealed to me. — Robert Barry Ideas 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 Different Copy Share Image
Most of the criticism of my work was pretty good, but occasionally it would not be. And I just sort of felt… — Robert Barry Art Copy Share Image
And after a while, you just pare things down more and more and more, until you get to certain basic things which… — Robert Barry Basic things Copy Share Image
