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.
Robert RauschenbergRead
There was a whole language that I could never make function for myself in relationship to painting, and that was attitudes like tortured, struggle, pain.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote reflects the artist's struggle to express complex emotions associated with painting.
Robert Rauschenberg expresses a personal conflict with the commonly held attitudes about art that involve suffering and pain. He indicates that despite these themes often being glorified in the art world, he could not relate to them or make them resonate in his own work, suggesting a different perspective on creativity that does not rely on struggle or anguish.
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ArtExpressionStrugglePainCreativity
In practice
Example use cases
In a speech about modern art, one could use this quote to highlight the diverse experiences of artists.
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