And we live in a kind of realm of language and words and so forth. So we can sort of relate to… — Robert Barry Copy Share Image
I am an artist who works very well under pressure, in fact. I like to have deadlines. — Robert Barry Art Copy Share Image
Art was something that I was really interested in, probably more so than writing or anything else. — Robert Barry Art Copy Share Image
You can't make somebody care about what you're doing. Either they get it, either there's that connection - or they don't. — Robert Barry Care Copy Share Image
I didn't like anti-Vietnam War art. I didn't like feminist art. I thought it was heavy-handed and stupid - as art. — Robert Barry 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
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
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 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'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 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 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
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 had always spoken about the space between the art object and the person looking at it as this dynamic space, which… — Robert Barry Art 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
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
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
I have never had a shortage of ideas for shows. I always just do them and the gallerists don't - they stopped… — Robert Barry Artist 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 Art Copy Share Image
I loved music. Music was a big thing and so I started collecting records. I had a large collection of jazz records… — Robert Barry Big things Copy Share Image
The idea of, say, the compressed space between the floor and the object hanging over it and then the long space between… — Robert Barry Artist 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 Class 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
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 liked the idea of the words floating in space and the space behind it moving all the time, ever changing. — Robert Barry Copy Share Image
The first place I try to go when I have free time is the museums. I'm a big museum person. — Robert Barry Copy Share Image
I work with deadlines. It is terrible to be an artist where you are just producing work and nobody gives a damn.… — Robert Barry Art 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
I have been in competitions for commissions. I've won most and lost some. Mostly, I've won. — Robert Barry Competition Copy Share Image
You can't have silence on the radio; people will turn away from the station. — Robert Barry People Copy Share Image
I may have a lot of political opinions but it doesn't necessarily come into my work. I keep the two worlds separate. — Robert Barry Copy Share Image
I am very easy. I like to have my work out. I am not restrictive about any of that. It is the… — Robert Barry Collectors Copy Share Image
Normally my head is always filled with art ideas and things that I have to do, deadlines that I have to meet. — Robert Barry Art Copy Share Image
So I never had trouble getting work or working or doing - I always worked. I worked when I went to college.… — Robert Barry After school Copy Share Image
Agnes Martin is a big influence in my work actually, when I first saw her, these fine grids. — Robert Barry Artist Copy Share Image
I just try things and whether people like it or if I find it successful or not, I just do it. — 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 Artist 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 out at Boulder, University of Colorado. And I've taught in Europe. I've lectured and taught. I've taught at the École des Beaux-Arts in Nigne [sp]. I was there for a couple of…” quote by Robert Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09e/robert-barry-3413_art_i-was-a-guest-at-calarts-john-baldessari_555918.jpg)
