http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/90497/artist-s-quote ArtsConnectEd.org Art Collector Set: artist's quote http://www.artsconnected.org/images/favicon.png http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/90497/artist-s-quote 16 16 http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/90497/artist-s-quote Mon, 01 Jun 1959 00:00:00 -0400 <table cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Title</td> <td><h3>artist's quote</h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Author</td> <td><h3>Robert Rauschenberg</h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Date</td> <td><h3>1959</h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label" style="padding-right:7px;">Institution</td> <td>Walker Art Center</td> </tr> </table><br/><i>Any incentive to paint is as good as any other. There is no poor subject. Painting is always strongest when in spite of composition, color, etc., it appears as a fact, or an inevitability, as opposed to a souvenir or arrangement. Painting relates to both art and life. Neither can be made. (I try to act in that gap between the two.) A pair of socks is no less suitable to make a painting with than wood, nails, turpentine, oil, and fabric. A canvas is never empty.</i> Robert Rauschenberg, 1959 http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/90497/artist-s-quote Any incentive to paint is as good as any other. There is no poor subject. Painting is always strongest when in spite of composition, color, etc., it appears as a fact, or an inevitability, as opposed to a souvenir or arrangement. Painting relates to both art and life. Neither can be made. (I try to act in that gap between the two.) A pair of socks is no less suitable to make a painting with than wood, nails, turpentine, oil, and fabric. A canvas is never empty. Robert Rauschenberg, 1959" type="image/jpeg" />Any incentive to paint is as good as any other. There is no poor subject. Painting is always strongest when in spite of composition, color, etc., it appears as a fact, or an inevitability, as opposed to a souvenir or arrangement. Painting relates to both art and life. Neither can be made. (I try to act in that gap between the two.) A pair of socks is no less suitable to make a painting with than wood, nails, turpentine, oil, and fabric. A canvas is never empty. Robert Rauschenberg, 1959" type="image/jpeg" />Robert Rauschenberg