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The struggle to make an absolute statement in an individually conceived vocabulary accounts for the profound tensions inherent in the best modern work.

— Harold Rosenberg Art & Other Serious Matters (1985)

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Belonging to a generation is one of the lowest forms of solidarity.

The Tradition of the New (1959)

The current demoralization of the art world is attributable at least in part to museum interference, ideological and practical, with ongoing creation in art.

Art on the Edge (1975)

Greatness in art is always a by-product.

Art on the Edge (1975)

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

Art & Other Serious Matters (1985)

Art has arrived at the paradox that tradition itself requires the occurrence of radical attacks on tradition.

Art on the Edge (1975)

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