The aim of every authentic artist is not to conform to the history of art, but to release himself from it in order to replace it with his own history.

Quote by Harold Rosenberg

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What better way to prove that you understand a subject than to make money out...

What better way to prove that you understand a subject than to make money out...

The differences between revolution in art and revolution in politics are enormous. Revolution in art...

The differences between revolution in art and revolution in politics are enormous. Revolution in art...

No degree of dullness can safeguard a work against the determination of critics to find...

No degree of dullness can safeguard a work against the determination of critics to find...

The purpose of education is to keep a culture from being drowned in senseless repetitions,...

The purpose of education is to keep a culture from being drowned in senseless repetitions,...

The story of Americans is the story of arrested metamorphoses. Those who achieve success come...

The story of Americans is the story of arrested metamorphoses. Those who achieve success come...

Whoever undertakes to create soon finds himself engaged in creating himself.

Whoever undertakes to create soon finds himself engaged in creating himself.

America is the civilization of people engaged in transforming themselves. In the past, the stars...

America is the civilization of people engaged in transforming themselves. In the past, the stars...

The differences between revolution in art and revolution in politics are enormous. Revolution in art...

The differences between revolution in art and revolution in politics are enormous. Revolution in art...

They had enough. They wanted to enjoy their life.

They had enough. They wanted to enjoy their life.

The values to which the conservative appeals are inevitably caricatured by the individuals designated to...

The values to which the conservative appeals are inevitably caricatured by the individuals designated to...

American time has stretched around the world. It has become the dominant tempo of modern...

American time has stretched around the world. It has become the dominant tempo of modern...

Politics in the United States consists of the struggle between those whose change has been...

Politics in the United States consists of the struggle between those whose change has been...

Religion hinges upon faith, politics hinges upon who can tell the most convincing lies or...

Religion hinges upon faith, politics hinges upon who can tell the most convincing lies or...

Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists in choosing between the disastrous...

Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists in choosing between the disastrous...

Politics are now nothing more than means of rising in the world. With this sole...

Politics are now nothing more than means of rising in the world. With this sole...

Retreat usually leads to defeat.

Retreat usually leads to defeat.

Words are weapons, and it is dangerous in speculation, as in politics, to borrow them...

Words are weapons, and it is dangerous in speculation, as in politics, to borrow them...

Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof; it is temporary expedient, often wise...

Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof; it is temporary expedient, often wise...

I am in politics because of the conflict between good and evil, and I believe...

I am in politics because of the conflict between good and evil, and I believe...

Conscience has no more to do with gallantry than it has with politics.

Conscience has no more to do with gallantry than it has with politics.