When you present works of art, one thing I've learned is that if you're lucky - [Laughs] - … - Robert Barry

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My mind. . . It's who I am. I think I'd rather suffer any other injury in the world than have my mind tampered with.

Robert Barry

When you present works of art, one thing I've learned is that if you're lucky - [Laughs] - there will be those few people who, shall we say, get it? Really become engaged, become moved by it in their own way. You cannot control what other people are going to think about it.

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I try not to manipulate reality. . . What will happen, will happen. Let things be themselves.

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I liked the idea of the words floating in space and the space behind it moving all the time, ever changing.

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I know where the mistakes are. Nothing is perfect and I understand that.

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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 history and it is loaded with all kinds of implications and ideas. They exist in the world in a very special way. So they kind of represent some aspect of the world that we perceive, as do photographs, as do drawings of trees or whatever. And they are not a one to one. They are not the world, but they kind of refer to the world and they also exist in the world.

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I like the work hanging free in the frame. I don't like too much frame around it but I like a little breathing space around the piece.

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