I have been in competitions for commissions. I've won most and lost some. Mostly, I've won. — Robert Barry Competition Copy Share Image
I like the work hanging free in the frame. I don't like too much frame around it but I like a little… — Robert Barry Breathing Copy Share Image
Even though you're reading something, it's as though that person who wrote it is speaking to you. It's a form of conversation,… — Robert Barry Communication 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 Care 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 Biggest influence Copy Share Image
I liked the idea of the words floating in space and the space behind it moving all the time, ever changing. — Robert Barry Behinds 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 Came Copy Share Image
If somebody gives me a chance to do something, I am going to use that space, that time, that light, that whatever… — Robert Barry Chance 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
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
I make my own surprises and I'm always surprised to see what I do, to see it when it's finished and the… — Robert Barry Challenges Copy Share Image
People ask me why I use words and the reason, of course, is that words talk to you. I mean, they're something… — Robert Barry Ask me Copy Share Image
reaking up the space and using the space, using the length of the space, the height of it, whatever, the light, all… — Robert Barry Height Copy Share Image
I really kind of liked the fluidity and not really being tied down. I saw the kind of people that were tenured… — Robert Barry Death Copy Share Image
I have to say, I'm not someone who's really big into my family history - never really was very curious about it.… — Robert Barry Aunt 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 like a lot of good European films, good - anything really. I'm a big fan of Netflix and I get films… — Robert Barry Add Copy Share Image
I mean, part of the justification for art is art history, the fact that you're part of this tradition. You can't really… — Robert Barry Art Copy Share Image
A text makes the word more specific. It really kind of defines it within the context in which it is being used.… — Robert Barry Another world 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 Accepting Copy Share Image
So it sort of dawned on me that you have to build into your work the fact that it's going to be… — Robert Barry Different Copy Share Image
The only problems I sometimes have is if I ask for a piece for a group show, if I ask for a… — Robert Barry Artist Copy Share Image
I prefer music but sometimes if there's on talk radio - someone might be on that I like. I listen to the… — Robert Barry Air 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 Artistic Copy Share Image
I don't really use still photography very much anymore except to document my work. — Robert Barry Documents 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 Art Copy Share Image
I never ever approached a dealer. I have always been approached by dealers or curators or whatever. — Robert Barry Curator Copy Share Image
By being critical, you also develop your own style of what you like, what direction you want to move. — Robert Barry Critical Copy Share Image
ne thing you have to develop as an artist is a confidence in what you're doing and that you're right about it. — Robert Barry Art 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 Behinds Copy Share Image
And yes, there are things I want to keep, that I like around me - especially when there's very little left. I… — Robert Barry Bits Copy Share Image
I'm used to being the background. I'm used to having work that only lasts for a little while. I'm used to being… — Robert Barry Backgrounds Copy Share Image
My videos rarely run longer than 20 minutes. They're made for private viewing in your home or specifically either that or for… — Robert Barry Gallery 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
I went to Our Lady of Mercy, parochial school and I started Fordham Prep, but that only lasted about a year and… — Robert Barry Brother Copy Share Image
I didn't know my grandparents. They were - my grandfather - my maternal grandfather died when I was five. I have very… — Robert Barry Age 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 Hands Copy Share Image
I was also a good writer, by the way. My, you know, my English teacher and writing teacher loved my writing. You… — Robert Barry English teacher Copy Share Image
The drawings that I show - the drawings that I present to people are finished works in themselves. They're meant to be… — Robert Barry Drawing 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 mean, part of the justification for art is art history, the fact that you're part of this tradition. You can't really operate outside of it. So looking for what this work is really about, if I look at Velázquez, if I look at Las Meninas or The Tapestry Weavers [1657] or something and really…” quote by Robert Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/4ab/robert-barry-3413_art_i-mean-part-of-the-justification-for-art_3173043.jpg)
