A composition should be simple and clear. That is why the drawings of children and primitives are so strong.
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In: a student's unpublished papers 'Notes on Drawing and Water Golor, 1935-36', George Grosz estate, Princeton, N.J.; as quoted in: George Grosz: Leben und Werk, ed. Uwe M. Schneede; Verlag Gerd Hatje, Stuttgart 1975, p. 38
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In the 1930's Grosz encouraged as art-teacher his students at the Art Students League in New York to study children's drawings