After I did the drawings of trees combining them with words, I started doing - I did that for a very short time. Then it kind of - that sort of evolved into just showing the branches of a tree coming down into the trunk and then going into the root system. So I showed both the branches and the roots of a tree, which were about equal. There is as much going on under the ground as is going on above the ground, which you can see.
But artistically, my art I kept very separate from my political beliefs, deliberately and very, very rarely would I allow that kind of thing into it. - Robert Barry
But artistically, my art I kept very separate from my political beliefs, deliberately and very, very rarely would I allow that kind of thing into it.
- Robert Barry
And we live in a kind of realm of language and words and so forth. So we can sort of relate to them. They don't exist without us. We create words. - Robert Barry
And we live in a kind of realm of language and words and so forth. So we can sort of relate to them. They don't exist without us. We create words.
The words represent ideas first of all. That is something you have to understand. I mean, it is not just an object, but it is an object with a histor… - Robert Barry
The words represent ideas first of all. That is something you have to understand. I mean, it is not just an object, but it is an object with a histor…
Words are objects of a color and a size and a form and a shape. - Robert Barry
Words are objects of a color and a size and a form and a shape.
People ask me why I use words and the reason, of course, is that words talk to you. I mean, they're something that are generated inside of you and th… - Robert Barry
People ask me why I use words and the reason, of course, is that words talk to you. I mean, they're something that are generated inside of you and th…
I have been in competitions for commissions. I've won most and lost some. Mostly, I've won. - Robert Barry
I have been in competitions for commissions. I've won most and lost some. Mostly, I've won.
I try not to manipulate reality... What will happen, will happen. Let things be themselves. - Robert Barry
I try not to manipulate reality... What will happen, will happen. Let things be themselves.
I think words speak to us even though they may be written on a wall. So we hear them in our mind. We say it to ourselves. But they are also visual th… - Robert Barry
I think words speak to us even though they may be written on a wall. So we hear them in our mind. We say it to ourselves. But they are also visual th…
I know where the mistakes are. Nothing is perfect and I understand that. - Robert Barry
I know where the mistakes are. Nothing is perfect and I understand that.
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