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“Matisse can make you hate your life for its comparatively insipid joys.”

Quote by Peter Schjeldahl

Book:Let's see: writings on art from the New Yorker

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Let's see: writings on art from the New Yorker

This book compiles a selection of thought-provoking pieces on various aspects of art, showcasing the diverse perspectives and insights of the New Yorker's contributors. more

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Peter Schjeldahl

Peter Schjeldahl is a renowned art critic, born on March 20, 1942. His review works cover a wide range of modern and contemporary art, and have had a profound impact on the art world. more

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“I've been asked often what is the difference between an amateur and a professional artist, and I will tell you. An amateur artist is one who works all week at something else so he can paint on Saturday and Sunday. A professional artist is one whose wife works so he can paint all the time.”

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“Artist should look at the reality and brutality of modern life in all its color, nature with all its imperfections - that should be the challenge to the modern painter not the didactic idealization of the past. The new generation should forge a new path.”

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Book:Romare Bearden: The Human Condition : [exhibition] October 3-October 26, 1991

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“The essence of art is to recapturel the fantasy and the imagination of a child again, but without the innocence of a child.”

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