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Harold Rosenberg Quotes

1906–1978 United States

Harold Rosenberg (February 2, 1906 – July 11, 1978) was an American art critic, educator and historian. His essay on Action painting of 1952 made him an important voice in the New York art world.

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Also known as: Rosenberg, Harold

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Not only the artist but everyone "becomes someone else" in becoming someone. One is thought about, thus invented. Or as Steinberg put it with memorable succinctness in his Cogito drawings, "I think, therefore Descartes is." One creates not oneself but another. Being is in the act.

Art & Other Serious Matters (1985)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Harold Rosenberg (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.