"Very quickly a painting is turned into a facsimile of itself when one becomes so familiar with with it that one recognizes it without looking at it."

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Robert Rauschenberg

#Painting Quotes #Familiar Quotes

“All of us are much more human than otherwise”
“Creativity is so delicate a flower that praise tends to make it bloom, while discouragement often nips it in the bud. Any of us will put out more and better ideas if our efforts are appreciated.”
“Nature does not proceed in a straight line, it is rather a sprawling development.”

Source : Robert Smithson, Jack D. Flam (1996). “Robert Smithson, the Collected Writings”, p.155, Univ of California Press
“I'm one of those people who has always been a bridesmaid.”
“It is with noble sentiments that bad literature gets written.”
“These terrible sociologists, who are the astrologers and alchemists of our twentieth century.”
“As the eagle was killed by the arrow winged with his own feather, so the hand of the world is wounded by its own skill.”
“You can always say, 'I wish I had landed that triple flip better, or I wish I didn't fall.' They're not regrets, just mistakes.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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