“Whatever came out came out. That was it. That's what you live with. If you don't like it, that's your problem.” Quote by Robert Barry
“My videos rarely run longer than 20 minutes. They're made for private viewing in your home or specifically either that or for a gallery situation where you sit and look.” LooksMadeHomeRunningSituationMinutesVideoGallery Author:Robert Barry
“I didn't make videos for a long time because I hated the look of TV sets.” LooksLongTvsLong TimeVideoHated Author:Robert Barry
“I make videos which are works of art in themselves which have nothing to do with Hollywood movies or anything along those lines and I like videos because they deal with light and dark and time and change and they're just another kind of medium that I can get into and work with when I choose to other than, say, doing something on the wall or a window.” KindArtI CanLightLinesDarkDealsWallWindowHollywoodVideoMediumsWorks Of ArtLight And DarkHollywood MoviesTime And Change Author:Robert Barry
“I like challenge. I like to be put into a situation which I haven't done before. Something new presents itself and I see if I can somehow finagle it into making a work of art out of it.” IfsArtI CanDoneChallengesSituationHavensSomething NewWorks Of Art Author:Robert Barry
“I may have a lot of political opinions but it doesn't necessarily come into my work. I keep the two worlds separate.” WorldMayTwoPoliticalOpinionTwo WorldsPolitical Opinions Author:Robert Barry
“The space between things is important to me. The projections, that darkness between the words or the images is very important.” ImportantSpaceDarknessProjectionSpace Between Author:Robert Barry
“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 study it and try to figure out what that painting is really about, then I find relationships between what I'm trying to do and what he was doing.” IfsTryingLooksMeanArtFactsStudyFiguresPaintingArt IsTraditionJustificationTapestryArt HistoryWeavers Author:Robert Barry
“I'm always looking for relations between my work and the old masters.” MastersRelation Author:Robert Barry
“I'm not a person - and my wife also - we don't really go to the beach or anything like that. We go to cities.” PersonsCitiesWifeMy WifeBeach Author:Robert Barry
“The first place I try to go when I have free time is the museums. I'm a big museum person.” TryingFirstsPersonsBigsMuseumsFree Time Author:Robert Barry