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# Robert Rauschenberg

(1925–2008)   Photographer   Germany

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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 & Honors

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

##  Quotes by Robert Rauschenberg · Page 3

> [I don't think any one person, whether artist or not, has been given permission by anyone to put the responsibility of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rauschenberg/i-don-t-think-any-one-person-whether-artist-or-not-has-been-given/)

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> [I prefer images that are less specific, so there is room for everyone's imagination.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rauschenberg/i-prefer-images-that-are-less-specific-so-there-is-room-for-everyone/)

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> [You wait until life is in the frame, then you have the permission to click. I like the adventure of waiting until…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rauschenberg/you-wait-until-life-is-in-the-frame-then-you-have-the-permission-to/)

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[Adventure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adventure/)

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> [I don't want a picture to look like something it isn't. I want it to look like something it is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rauschenberg/i-don-t-want-a-picture-to-look-like-something-it-isn-t-i-want-it-to/)

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[Like something](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/like-something/)

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> [I was much happier when I had less responsibility... when my only responsibility was to my work and to myself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rauschenberg/i-was-much-happier-when-i-had-less-responsibility-when-my-only/)

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[Happier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/happier/)

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> [I'm quite taken aback when I get something that appears to be technically a good photograph, because it's not necessarily my intention.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rauschenberg/i-m-quite-taken-aback-when-i-get-something-that-appears-to-be/)

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[Intention](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/intention/)

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> [Work is my joy... Work is my therapy, I don't know anybody who loves work as much as I do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rauschenberg/work-is-my-joy-work-is-my-therapy-i-don-t-know-anybody-who-loves-work/)

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[Joy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/joy/)

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> [If you don't have trouble paying the rent, you have trouble doing something else; one needs just a certain amount of trouble.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rauschenberg/if-you-don-t-have-trouble-paying-the-rent-you-have-trouble-doing/)

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[Amount](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/amount/)

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> [It is neither Art for Art, nor Art against Art. I am for Art, but for Art that has nothing to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rauschenberg/it-is-neither-art-for-art-nor-art-against-art-i-am-for-art-but-for/)

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> [It's so easy to be undisciplined. And to be disciplined is so against my character, my general nature anyway, that I have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rauschenberg/it-s-so-easy-to-be-undisciplined-and-to-be-disciplined-is-so-against/)

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[Bits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bits/)

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> [I did a twenty foot print and John Cage is involved in that because he was the only person I knew in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rauschenberg/i-did-a-twenty-foot-print-and-john-cage-is-involved-in-that-because/)

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> [“I didn't want painting to be simply an act of emphasizing one color to do something to another color, like using red…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rauschenberg/i-didn-t-want-painting-to-be-simply-an-act-of-emphasizing-one-color/)

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> [And all of this, all these physical aspects of painting at that time excited me very much. You could do a picture…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rauschenberg/and-all-of-this-all-these-physical-aspects-of-painting-at-that-time/)

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> [There's a moment for everyone when you fall into your own shadow and the fact is that it's your shadow and you're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rauschenberg/there-s-a-moment-for-everyone-when-you-fall-into-your-own-shadow-and/)

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> [I'm not so facile that I can accomplish or find out what I want to know or explore enough of the possibilities…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rauschenberg/i-m-not-so-facile-that-i-can-accomplish-or-find-out-what-i-want-to/)

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> [There was something about the self-confession and self-confusion of Abstract expressionism - as though the man and the work were the same…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rauschenberg/there-was-something-about-the-self-confession-and-self-confusion-of/)

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> [You can't make either life or art, you have to work in the hole in between, which is undefined. That's what makes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rauschenberg/you-can-t-make-either-life-or-art-you-have-to-work-in-the-hole-in/)

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[Adventure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adventure/)

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> [This was my first encounter with art as art (he saw 'Pinky' painted by Sir Thomas Lawrence and 'The Blue Boy" painted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rauschenberg/this-was-my-first-encounter-with-art-as-art-he-saw-pinky-painted-by/)

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> [I think maybe chance works better in a situation like music because music exists over a period of time, and you don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rauschenberg/i-think-maybe-chance-works-better-in-a-situation-like-music-because/)

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> [With me, it's much more a matter of accepting whatever happens, accepting all these elements from the outside and then trying to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rauschenberg/with-me-it-s-much-more-a-matter-of-accepting-whatever-happens/)

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> [I used to think of that line in Allen Ginsberg's 'Howl', about the 'sad cup of coffee'.. ..I have had cold coffee…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rauschenberg/i-used-to-think-of-that-line-in-allen-ginsberg-s-howl-about-the-sad/)

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[Coffee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/coffee/)

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> [Screwing things up is a virtue. Being correct is never the point. I have an almost fanatically correct assistant, and by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rauschenberg/screwing-things-up-is-a-virtue-being-correct-is-never-the-point-i/)

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