Robert Gober Quotes

• I think art is about human existence. Almost by default I'm expressing my experiences as a human.

  Robert Gober

  Art, Thinking, Expression

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• Whenever I give a talk about my work I am invariably asked who my influences are. Not what my influences are, but who.. As if the gutter, misunderstandings, memories, sex, dreams, and books matter less than forebears do. After all, in terms of influences, it is as much the guy who mugged me on Tenth Street, or my beloved dog who passed away much too early, as it was Giotto or Diane Arbus.

  Robert Gober

  Dream, Dog, Sex

  Charles Ephraim Burchfield, Robert Gober, Cynthia Burlingham, Dave Hickey, Tullis Johnson (2009). “Heat waves in a swamp: the paintings of Charles Burchfield”, Prestel Pub

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• You grow up trying to interpret, worshipping, visual symbols. It's a body-soaked imagery that you're looking at.

  Robert Gober

  Growing Up, Religion, Trying

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• My problem painting from my life was I found that you can't paint dirt without romanticising it.

  Robert Gober

  Dirt, Painting, Problem

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• I think the benefit of a Catholic childhood is your belief in visual symbols as transmitters of information and clues about life, whether it's the mystery of life or life in general.

  Robert Gober

  Thinking, Childhood, Catholic

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