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# Robert Rauschenberg

(1925–2008)   Photographer   Germany

 **102** quotes in **472** categories

Robert Rauschenberg says ideas can be too limiting and that he trusts the materials that confront him. He points out that being different can feel like a trap, just as being the same can feel. He also views the whole world as one gigantic painting rather than a collection of separate works.

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Robert Rauschenberg was a photographer from Germany, best known for *Robert Rauschenberg*.

## Quick Facts About Robert Rauschenberg

Born October 22, 1925

Died May 12, 2008

Nationality Germany

Profession Photographer

Notable works Robert Rauschenberg

Known for Canyon

## About Robert Rauschenberg

Milton Ernest “Robert” or “Bob” Rauschenberg was an American painter and multi‑media artist whose work is linked to movements such as the New York School, Conceptual Art, Pop art and Neo‑Dada. He is well known for his “Combines” (1954–1964), which incorporated everyday objects and blurred the line between painting and sculpture. He also worked with photography, printmaking, papermaking and performance.

## Awards &amp; Honors

AIGA Medal Praemium Imperiale National Medal of Arts Florida Artists Hall of Fame

##  Quotes by Robert Rauschenberg

> [A canvas is never empty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rauschenberg/a-canvas-is-never-empty/)

[Robert Rauschenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-rauschenberg/)

[Artist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/artist/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3a/robert-rauschenberg-5257_canvas_a-canvas-is-never-empty-1569705_1569705.jpg)

> [Success is a worn down pencil.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rauschenberg/success-is-a-worn-down-pencil/)

[Robert Rauschenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-rauschenberg/)

[Pencil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pencil/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b4/robert-rauschenberg-5257_pencil_success-is-a-worn-down-pencil-3201794_3201794.jpg)

> [“Value the process.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rauschenberg/value-the-process/)

[Robert Rauschenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-rauschenberg/)

[Process](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/process/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/523/robert-rauschenberg-5257_process_value-the-process-2456826_2456826.jpg)

> [An empty canvas is full.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rauschenberg/an-empty-canvas-is-full/)

[Robert Rauschenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-rauschenberg/)

[Canvas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/canvas/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de4/robert-rauschenberg-5257_canvas_an-empty-canvas-is-full-2466347_2466347.jpg)

> [Basically painting is total idiocy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rauschenberg/basically-painting-is-total-idiocy/)

[Robert Rauschenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-rauschenberg/)

[Artist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/artist/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c6/robert-rauschenberg-5257_idiocy_basically-painting-is-total-idiocy-11665_1166596.jpg)

> [Curiosity is the main energy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rauschenberg/curiosity-is-the-main-energy/)

[Robert Rauschenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-rauschenberg/)

[Curiosity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/curiosity/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/531/robert-rauschenberg-5257_curiosity_curiosity-is-the-main-energy-3175674_3175674.jpg)

> [The artist's job is to be a witness to his time in history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rauschenberg/the-artist-s-job-is-to-be-a-witness-to-his-time-in-history/)

[Robert Rauschenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-rauschenberg/)

[Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0e/robert-rauschenberg-5257_art_the-artist-s-job-is-to-be-a-witness-to-h_1400784.jpg)

> [But I found a lot of artists at the Cedar Bar were difficult for me to talk to.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rauschenberg/but-i-found-a-lot-of-artists-at-the-cedar-bar-were-difficult-for-me/)

[Robert Rauschenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-rauschenberg/)

[Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/519/robert-rauschenberg-5257_art_but-i-found-a-lot-of-artists-at-the-ceda_786706.jpg)

> [You begin with the possibilities of the material.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rauschenberg/you-begin-with-the-possibilities-of-the-material/)

[Robert Rauschenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-rauschenberg/)

[Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/202/robert-rauschenberg-5257_art_you-begin-with-the-possibilities-of-the_3033219.jpg)

> [I got so I was really just sick of sculpture.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rauschenberg/i-got-so-i-was-really-just-sick-of-sculpture/)

[Robert Rauschenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-rauschenberg/)

[Artist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/artist/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/540/robert-rauschenberg-5257_sculpture_i-got-so-i-was-really-just-sick-of-sculp_1716559.jpg)

> [I'm sure we don't read old paintings the way they were intended](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rauschenberg/i-m-sure-we-don-t-read-old-paintings-the-way-they-were-intended/)

[Robert Rauschenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-rauschenberg/)

[Artist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/artist/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7bb/robert-rauschenberg-5257_artist_i-m-sure-we-don-t-read-old-paintings-the_343352.jpg)

> [This is a portrait of Iris Clert if I say so.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rauschenberg/this-is-a-portrait-of-iris-clert-if-i-say-so/)

[Robert Rauschenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-rauschenberg/)

[Ifs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ifs/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e8/robert-rauschenberg-5257_ifs_this-is-a-portrait-of-iris-clert-if-i-sa_1379770.jpg)

> [While my classmates were reading their textbooks, I drew in the margins.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rauschenberg/while-my-classmates-were-reading-their-textbooks-i-drew-in-the-margins/)

[Robert Rauschenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-rauschenberg/)

[Classmates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/classmates/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da1/robert-rauschenberg-5257_classmates_while-my-classmates-were-reading-their-t_2904485.jpg)

> [I always have searched for a point of view that a participant could change.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rauschenberg/i-always-have-searched-for-a-point-of-view-that-a-participant-could/)

[Robert Rauschenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-rauschenberg/)

[Change](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/change/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7d/robert-rauschenberg-5257_change_i-always-have-searched-for-a-point-of-vi_551303.jpg)

> [Very quickly a painting is turned into a facsimile of itself when one becomes so familiar with with it that one recognizes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rauschenberg/very-quickly-a-painting-is-turned-into-a-facsimile-of-itself-when-one/)

[Robert Rauschenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-rauschenberg/)

[Familiar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/familiar/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd6/robert-rauschenberg-5257_familiar_very-quickly-a-painting-is-turned-into-a_964546.jpg)

> [A newspaper that you're not reading can be used for anything; and the same people didn't think it was immoral to wrap…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rauschenberg/a-newspaper-that-you-re-not-reading-can-be-used-for-anything-and-the/)

[Robert Rauschenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-rauschenberg/)

[Garbage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/garbage/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/961/robert-rauschenberg-5257_garbage_a-newspaper-that-you-re-not-reading-can_630177.jpg)

> [I don't really trust ideas, especially good ones. Rather I put my trust in the materials that confront me, because they put…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rauschenberg/i-don-t-really-trust-ideas-especially-good-ones-rather-i-put-my-trust/)

[Robert Rauschenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-rauschenberg/)

[Ideas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ideas/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5dc/robert-rauschenberg-5257_ideas_i-don-t-really-trust-ideas-especially-go_115766.jpg)

> [You have to have the time to feel sorry for yourself in order to be a good abstract expressionist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rauschenberg/you-have-to-have-the-time-to-feel-sorry-for-yourself-in-order-to-be-a/)

[Robert Rauschenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-rauschenberg/)

[Abstract](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/abstract/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/829/robert-rauschenberg-5257_abstract_you-have-to-have-the-time-to-feel-sorry_1271878.jpg)

> [My art is about paying attention – about the extremely dangerous possibility that you might be art,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rauschenberg/my-art-is-about-paying-attention-about-the-extremely-dangerous/)

[Robert Rauschenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-rauschenberg/)

[Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49f/robert-rauschenberg-5257_art_my-art-is-about-paying-attention-about-t_1358463.jpg)

> [Oracle was I had started it I guess two and a half years ago, maybe even longer than that, closer to three.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rauschenberg/oracle-was-i-had-started-it-i-guess-two-and-a-half-years-ago-maybe/)

[Robert Rauschenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-rauschenberg/)

[Closer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/closer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/67c/robert-rauschenberg-5257_closer_oracle-was-i-had-started-it-i-guess-two_2171017.jpg)

> [A pair of socks is no less suitable to make a painting with than wood, nails, turpentine, oil and fabric.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rauschenberg/a-pair-of-socks-is-no-less-suitable-to-make-a-painting-with-than-wood/)

[Robert Rauschenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-rauschenberg/)

[Fabric](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fabric/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/359/robert-rauschenberg-5257_fabric_a-pair-of-socks-is-no-less-suitable-to-m_1546181.jpg)

> [It's when you've found out how to do certain things, that it's time to stop doing them, because what's missing is that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rauschenberg/it-s-when-you-ve-found-out-how-to-do-certain-things-that-it-s-time-to/)

[Robert Rauschenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-rauschenberg/)

[Certain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/certain/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd5/robert-rauschenberg-5257_certain_it-s-when-you-ve-found-out-how-to-do-cer_2479341.jpg)

> [I never allowed myself the luxury of those brilliant, beautiful colors until I went to India and saw people walking around in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rauschenberg/i-never-allowed-myself-the-luxury-of-those-brilliant-beautiful-colors/)

[Robert Rauschenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-rauschenberg/)

[Artificial](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/artificial/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd7/robert-rauschenberg-5257_artificial_i-never-allowed-myself-the-luxury-of-tho_1330014.jpg)

> [I had been working purely abstractly for so long, it was important for me to see whether I was working abstractly because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rauschenberg/i-had-been-working-purely-abstractly-for-so-long-it-was-important-for/)

[Robert Rauschenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-rauschenberg/)

[Choices](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/choices/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b70/robert-rauschenberg-5257_choices_i-had-been-working-purely-abstractly-for_2422242.jpg)

> [I usually work in a direction until I know how to do it, then I stop, At the time that I am…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rauschenberg/i-usually-work-in-a-direction-until-i-know-how-to-do-it-then-i-stop-2/)

[Robert Rauschenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-rauschenberg/)

[Accepting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accepting/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e5/robert-rauschenberg-5257_accepting_i-usually-work-in-a-direction-until-i-kn_2480420.jpg)

> [I think that in the last twenty years or so, there's been a new kind of honesty in painting where painters have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rauschenberg/i-think-that-in-the-last-twenty-years-or-so-there-s-been-a-new-kind/)

[Robert Rauschenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-rauschenberg/)

[Artist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/artist/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c6/robert-rauschenberg-5257_artist_i-think-that-in-the-last-twenty-years-or_2652621.jpg)

> [People ask me, 'Don't you ever run out of ideas?' In the first place I don't use ideas. Every time I have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rauschenberg/people-ask-me-don-t-you-ever-run-out-of-ideas-in-the-first-place-i/)

[Robert Rauschenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-rauschenberg/)

[Ask me](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ask-me/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/749/robert-rauschenberg-5257_ask-me_people-ask-me-don-t-you-ever-run-out-of_70910.jpg)

> [And also the new excitement and variety of ways that the abstract expressionists were applying paint. You could put it on as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rauschenberg/and-also-the-new-excitement-and-variety-of-ways-that-the-abstract/)

[Robert Rauschenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-rauschenberg/)

[Abstract](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/abstract/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01f/robert-rauschenberg-5257_abstract_and-also-the-new-excitement-and-variety_182355.jpg)

> [I am sick of talking about What and Why I am doing. I have always believed that the WORK is the word.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rauschenberg/i-am-sick-of-talking-about-what-and-why-i-am-doing-i-have-always/)

[Robert Rauschenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-rauschenberg/)

[Action](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/action/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ddb/robert-rauschenberg-5257_action_i-am-sick-of-talking-about-what-and-why_176314.jpg)

> [I don't think there's anything really wrong with influence because I think that one can use another man's art as material either…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rauschenberg/i-don-t-think-there-s-anything-really-wrong-with-influence-because-i/)

[Robert Rauschenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-rauschenberg/)

[Another man](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/another-man/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/199/robert-rauschenberg-5257_another-man_i-don-t-think-there-s-anything-really-wr_2432380.jpg)

> [I still have a struggle reading (dyslexia, fh) and so I don't read much.. ..Probably the only reason I'm painter is because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rauschenberg/i-still-have-a-struggle-reading-dyslexia-fh-and-so-i-don-t-read-much/)

[Robert Rauschenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-rauschenberg/)

[Books](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dea/robert-rauschenberg-5257_books_i-still-have-a-struggle-reading-dyslexia_1424627.jpg)

> [One has to believe in what one is doing, one has to commit oneself inwardly, in order to do painting. Once obsessed,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rauschenberg/one-has-to-believe-in-what-one-is-doing-one-has-to-commit-oneself/)

[Robert Rauschenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-rauschenberg/)

[Artist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/artist/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/474/robert-rauschenberg-5257_artist_one-has-to-believe-in-what-one-is-doing_2676017.jpg)

> [My fascination with images open 24 hrs. is based on the complex interlocking if disparate facts heated pool that have no respect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rauschenberg/my-fascination-with-images-open-24-hrs-is-based-on-the-complex/)

[Robert Rauschenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-rauschenberg/)

[Built](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/built/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab9/robert-rauschenberg-5257_built_my-fascination-with-images-open-24-hrs-i_2248332.jpg)

> [There was a whole language that I could never make function for myself; it revolved around words like 'tortured', 'struggle'. 'pain'.. .I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rauschenberg/there-was-a-whole-language-that-i-could-never-make-function-for/)

[Robert Rauschenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-rauschenberg/)

[Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d6/robert-rauschenberg-5257_art_there-was-a-whole-language-that-i-could_263930.jpg)

> [I don't think he (Joseph Albers, fh) ever realized that it was his discipline that I came for. Besides, my response to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rauschenberg/i-don-t-think-he-joseph-albers-fh-ever-realized-that-it-was-his/)

[Robert Rauschenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-rauschenberg/)

[Achieve](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/achieve/)

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> [For the first time, I wasn't embarrassed by the look of beauty, of elegance, because when you see someone who has only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rauschenberg/for-the-first-time-i-wasn-t-embarrassed-by-the-look-of-beauty-of/)

[Robert Rauschenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-rauschenberg/)

[Able](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/able/)

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> [If I declare it to be so, then this is a portrait.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rauschenberg/if-i-declare-it-to-be-so-then-this-is-a-portrait/)

[Robert Rauschenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-rauschenberg/)

[Declare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/declare/)

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> [Photography is the most direct communication in non-violent contacts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rauschenberg/photography-is-the-most-direct-communication-in-non-violent-contacts/)

[Robert Rauschenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-rauschenberg/)

[Communication](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/communication/)

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> [I've not been cursed with talent, which could be a great inhibitor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rauschenberg/i-ve-not-been-cursed-with-talent-which-could-be-a-great-inhibitor/)

[Robert Rauschenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-rauschenberg/)

[Cursed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cursed/)

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> [I feel as though the world is a friendly boy walking along in the sun.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rauschenberg/i-feel-as-though-the-world-is-a-friendly-boy-walking-along-in-the-sun/)

[Robert Rauschenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-rauschenberg/)

[Boys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/boys/)

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## Robert Rauschenberg by topic

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