Robert Gober famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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Whenever I give a talk about my work I am invariably asked who my influences are. Not what my influences are, but who.. As if the gutter, misunderstandings, memories, sex, dreams, and books matter less than forebears do. After all, in terms of influences, it is as much the guy who mugged me on Tenth Street, or my beloved dog who passed away much too early, as it was Giotto or Diane Arbus.
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I think art is about human existence. Almost by default I'm expressing my experiences as a human.
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My problem painting from my life was I found that you can't paint dirt without romanticising it.
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You grow up trying to interpret, worshipping, visual symbols. It's a body-soaked imagery that you're looking at.
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I think the benefit of a Catholic childhood is your belief in visual symbols as transmitters of information and clues about life, whether it's the mystery of life or life in general.
-- Robert Gober
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Was this the big one or was this the small tremor, the warning? Does it get better - does the sensation of being in a dream underwater go away?
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It's every actor's dream to work in a hit show on Broadway and also shoot a television show.
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You have to dream before your dreams can come true.
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I don't know how I'm gonna pick up a bat again. I just need to be away for a bit and play with my dogs.
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[I]n communism, you'd threaten a dog into compliance, while in capitalism, obedience is obtained through bribes.
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Whenever I'm about to eat meat I always see my little dog's eyes.
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The swine who stole my dog doesn't realize what he did to me!
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Dogs are wise. They crawl away into a quiet corner and lick their wounds and do not rejoin the world until they are whole once more.
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The usual sniggering examples of animal behaviour were brought in to explain cheating. Funny how the behaviour of shrews and gibbons is never used to explain table manners or road safety or gardening, only sex. Anyway, it was bad Darwinism. Taking the example of a monkey and applying it to yourself misses the point that animal behaviour is made for the benefit of the species, not as an excuse for the individual. Being incapable of sustaining a stable pair and supporting children is really not in the interests of our species. Neither is it really in the best interests of the philanderer.
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Accept every blind date you can get, even with a girl who wears jeans. Maybe you can talk her out of them.
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