“There is only one thing left for you to do,” John Sloan advised one artist. “Pull off your socks and try with your feet.” ArtArtistCriticism Book:Republic of Dreams: Greenwich Village: The American Bohemia 1910-1960 Source: Republic of Dreams: Greenwich Village: The American Bohemia 1910-1960
“[I]t was [Barnett] Newman who made the famously wry remark, “Aesthetics is for the artist as ornithology is for the birds,” ArtArtistPaintingAestheticsBarnett Newman Book:Republic of Dreams: Greenwich Village: The American Bohemia 1910-1960 Source: Republic of Dreams: Greenwich Village: The American Bohemia 1910-1960