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Robert Rauschenberg was an American painter known for his innovative and interdisciplinary works that combined painting, sculpture, photography, and performance art. His style spanned across Abstract Expressionism, Conceptual Art, and Pop Art, profoundly influencing 20th-century art.

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“I refuse to be in this world by myself. I want an open commitment from the rest of the people.”

People World Want Humanity This World Commitment Refuse

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Source: Robert Rauschenberg, a retrospective

“I really feel sorry for people who think things like soap dishes or mirrors or Coke bottles are ugly, because they're surrounded by things like that all day long, and it must make them miserable.”

People Thinking Feels Long Mirrors Sorry Ugly Miserable Bottles Dishes Soap Coke

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“A newspaper that you're not reading can be used for anything; and the same people didn't think it was immoral to wrap their garbage in newspaper.”

People Thinking Used Reading Newspapers Immoral Garbage Wraps

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“I usually work in a direction until I know how to do it, then I stop, At the time that I am bored or understand - I use those words interchangeably - another appetite has formed.”

People Thinking Knows Trying I Can Ideas Use Accepting Know How Possibility Bored Appetite Irresistible

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“People ask me, 'Don't you ever run out of ideas?' In the first place I don't use ideas. Every time I have an idea it's too limiting, and usually turns out to be a disappointment. But I haven't run out of curiosity.”

People Firsts Ideas Use Running Turns Asks Havens Curiosity Disappointment Ask Me

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“I never allowed myself the luxury of those brilliant, beautiful colors until I went to India and saw people walking around in them or dragging them in the mud. I realised they were not so artificial.”

People Beautiful Saws Color Walking India Brilliant Luxury Artificial Mud Realised Beautiful Colors

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About the Author

Born: October 22, 1925
Died: May 12, 2008
Known for: Painter
Quotes: 92

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