"Both art and the artist lack identity and define themselves only through their encounter with each other."

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Source : "Art & Other Serious Matters" by Harold Rosenberg, University of Chicago Press, (p. 155), 1985.

Harold Rosenberg

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“I sold my house to Jerry Seinfeld.”
“A fool is known by his speech; and a wise man by silence.”
“Perfection is boring. If a face doesn't have mistakes, it's nothing.”
“I mean if you have ever found a politician who says, 'No, no, I would do everything exactly as I did,' then you can tell when he is lying because his lips are moving.”
“For six years, I kept my five Olympic medals wrapped in a plastic bread bag beneath my bed.”
“Deep in every heart slumbers a dream”
“Keep on complaining about slavery and that was over 40 to 50 years ago. You know, black folks need to move on.”
“Ultimately, there can be no complete healing until we have restored our primal trust in life.”

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