Robert Irwin Quotes

Robert Irwin
American Artist
Born: Sep 12, 1928
Every Long Time Will World You
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To be an artist is not a matter of making paintings or objects at all. What we are really dealing with is our state of consciousness and the shape of our perceptions. Robert Irwin
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If I hold up a red square for 30 seconds and take it away, you will see a perfect green square. It's how the eye works. So if you want to paint a really good red painting, you have to strategically place in some green, so the eye is brought back. Robert Irwin
Good You Will Painting Seconds Back Eye See Some Brought Perfect Take Red How Up Square Green Want Hold Place Really Paint Works Strategically Away
Whenever you look at light, basically it's just air. It has no tactileness to it. It's totally without density. Robert Irwin
You Light Air Totally Look Without Density Just Whenever Basically
When you walk into a room, you assess it instantaneously, habitually, before you're even aware of it. I mean, you make sure there's not a hole you're going to fall into, but mostly you're not even aware of what you're thinking. Robert Irwin
You Walk Fall Before Thinking Instantaneously Make Mostly Sure Going Hole Mean Room Even Assess Aware
Palms are like cockroaches. They were here long before us, and they'll be here long after us. They're the only things standing after a hurricane. Robert Irwin
Long Before Hurricane Only Like Were After Us Standing Cockroaches Things Here
We actually form the world at every instant, although we're not cognitively aware of that but - and there are people would argue with that to some degree. Robert Irwin
People World Degree Every Would Some Argue Instant Although Form Aware Actually
The whole thrust of modern art, as far as I understand it, is expanding the role of the artist as a kind of esthetician, someone who actually spends his time, is trained in a way to deal with qualities. Robert Irwin
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Every situation has qualities. Essentially, we quantify them and that's the practical side of our lives, so the involvement with perception and in acquiring the perception is our ability to understand qualities. They exist only as long as a human being keeps them in play. They're - Therefore they are akin to energy. Robert Irwin
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It's my observation that gardeners and gardening for a very long time have had to take a back seat. Architects are very famous; they've got huge projects. What goes on in and around them has been relegated to a very minor role. Robert Irwin
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Every time you do something, make something, it's final in a way, but it's not. It immediately raises a great set of questions. And if you become a question addict, which I am, you immediately have something you need to pursue. Robert Irwin
Time Great You Become Every Every Time Addict Final Way Immediately Something Pursue Make Am Question Questions Which Raises Need Set

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