"The avant-garde poet or artist tries in effect to imitate God by creating something valid solely on its own terms."

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Source : Clement Greenberg (1971). “Art and Culture: Critical Essays”, p.6, Beacon Press

Clement Greenberg

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“The Constitution of the United States was made by white men, the citizens and representatives of twelve slaveholding and one non-slaveholding State; and it was made for white men.”
“Decide that you are not going to stay where you are.”
“There's always a bit of suspense about the particular way in which a given school year will get off to a bad start.”

Source : Frank Portman (2006). “King Dork”, Delacorte Books for Young Readers
“Colds, ulcers, flu, and cancer are things we get. Schizophrenia is something we are.”
“Great pressure is put on kids who don't have dads to get out and make money, and make life easier for everybody. It was always, 'Hurry up, grow up, make money, there's no man to do it for us.'”
“Neither heredity nor environment determine character. But whether we give in to or overcome the negative messages we are exposed to as we wend our way through life is often determined by whether our parents, teachers, mentors and friends exposed us to good examples and morally inspiring ideas.”
“I'm going to miss his childlike laugh. I'll forget the goals but I'll never forget that laugh.”
“Very many people spend money in ways quite different from those that their natural tastes would enjoin, merely because the respect of their neighbors depends upon their possession of a good car and their ability to give good dinners. As a matter of fact, any man who can obviously afford a car but genuinely prefers travels or a good library will in the end be much more respected than if he behaved exactly like everyone else.”

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