I do make some drawings for wall pieces. I do work out some ideas for large-scale wall pieces where I have to organize words or get proportions right. I do keep them in my files. Not an exhibit or a show; just as part of my records, my archives.
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.
- 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
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.
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…
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.
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.
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