Robert Irwin Quotations

When you walk into a room, you assess it instantaneously, habitually, before you're even aware of it. I mean, you make sure there's not a hole you're going to fall into, but mostly you're not even aware of what you're thinking.

We actually form the world at every instant, although we're not cognitively aware of that but - and there are people would argue with that to some degree.

Whenever you look at light, basically it's just air. It has no tactileness to it. It's totally without density.

The only ones out there are people who desperately need a home or investors looking for a bargain.

Nobody should be cheated just because they're motivated to sell soon.

I always look to see if other properties have turned around, because if you're the first in you may really get hammered,

Knowing what you'll do if your home doesn't sell quickly should calm your nerves and let you concentrate on whatever crisis has befallen you.

Palms are like cockroaches. They were here long before us, and they'll be here long after us. They're the only things standing after a hurricane.

Remember, many buyers will probably come back at night for another look at your property. Therefore, relighting the back yard can be considered a necessity.

To be an artist is not a matter of making paintings or objects at all. What we are really dealing with is our state of consciousness and the shape of our perceptions.

When you feel like your life is out of control, an organized, 'take charge' real estate agent may be just what you need to help make the most of your home sale.

But just because you must sell quickly doesn't mean you have to let your property go under desperation terms, ... Tips and Traps When Selling a Home.

Every situation has qualities. Essentially, we quantify them and that's the practical side of our lives, so the involvement with perception and in acquiring the perception is our ability to understand qualities. They exist only as long as a human being keeps them in play. They're - Therefore they are akin to energy.

Don't underestimate the importance of the entrance to your home. It helps define the quality of your property when people enter. If your entrance exudes richness, buyers will think of your home as a rich property and be prepared to make offers accordingly.

There's no palette as rich as a garden. And the intensity of it - I make this statement all the time: You can't plan nature; you court her.

There's no way to really mock up or simulate what I'm doing until I'm there. An exhibition for me is not a statement but an experiment.

I slowly dismantled the act of painting, to consider the possibility that no-thing ever really transcends its immediate environment.

The whole thrust of modern art, as far as I understand it, is expanding the role of the artist as a kind of esthetician, someone who actually spends his time, is trained in a way to deal with qualities.

The thing about a plant is, let's say it will have 50 or 100 little points of bright red. If you look at the thing as it goes down, it becomes green in a way... It is way more spectacular than pointillist paintings where these things are played with, but never to the level of what happens in nature.

Tell your agent to give you a list of nearby properties that have sold recently, along with the final sum they yielded at closing. Then take that list, get in your car and drive by these homes, noting how they compare with your own. This should take no more than 30 to 60 minutes.

Some final decisions, like pricing, should always be reserved for the seller.

You really can save an enormous amount of money making biweekly payments,

You need to go to city council and see if there are any new businesses on the way, get crime statistics from the police department and look into the school system, ... In other words, find out what the future holds for this area.

You need a selling plan that's abbreviated but still covers all the bases.

This is something you can easily set up yourself, ... The worst things are these services that charge you $400-to-$500 to set them up for you. It's outrageous.

A broker's referral can be a good starting point. But even if you're time-pinched, you'll want to call references.

It's a constant, continuous, spectacular world we live in, and every day you see things that just knock you out, if you pay attention.

It's my observation that gardeners and gardening for a very long time have had to take a back seat. Architects are very famous; they've got huge projects. What goes on in and around them has been relegated to a very minor role.

The biggest influence on home values is supply and demand,

Not only will they keep you from getting a quick sale, but they will also cut down on the amount of money you'll get in offers. On the other hand, if you lighten up these dark spots, you can very quickly improve the value of your property.

Every time you do something, make something, it's final in a way, but it's not. It immediately raises a great set of questions. And if you become a question addict, which I am, you immediately have something you need to pursue.

In California, you're just not going to have many opportunities to buy a foreclosure,

If you are on a salary and you're paid every two weeks, this is logical, ... But it's not a good idea if you work for yourself or of if get a pay check once a month, because as soon as that money comes in you're ready to spend it. Also, it is more money out of your pocket and it's something else you have to think about. You have to remember to send in 26 payments instead of 12.

In the early years of your mortgage, nearly 100 percent of your payments are applied to interest, ... Whenever you increase your principal, you change the mathematics entirely.

If you wanted to watch me work, it would be totally boring. It would look like a Warhol film where nothing happens. I sit for 24 hours, then I scratch myself.

Inexpensive new carpet always looks better than the best old carpet.

If I hold up a red square for 30 seconds and take it away, you will see a perfect green square. It's how the eye works. So if you want to paint a really good red painting, you have to strategically place in some green, so the eye is brought back.

For the next week, try the best you can to pay attention to sounds. You will start hearing all these sounds coming in. Once you let them in, you've already done the first and most critical thing, you've honored that information by including it. And by doing that, you've actually changed the world.

You can trace the course of a neighborhood with how the schools have done.