And also the new excitement and variety of ways that the abstract expressionists were applying paint. You could put it on as though it were colored air and it would be painting.
Robert RauschenbergAnd all of this, all these physical aspects of painting at that time excited me very much. You could do a picture in just black and white. I mean all the things, whether you're soliciting permission or not, do give you permission
Robert RauschenbergI don't think any one person, whether artist or not, has been given permission by anyone to put the responsibility of the way things are on anyone else
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