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“San Francisco has long been a leader in the arts, nurturing generations of painters, sculptors, poets, novelists, playwrights, film-makers, and performing artists and innovators of every kind.”

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Author:Gavin Newsom

“The kids I talk to are convinced their generation will make the best music. And the greatest artists have yet to be discovered. I walk around with that thought every day.”

Kids Artist Walks Generations Convinced

Author:L.A. Reid

“It is short-sighted, not to say stupid, in the correct desire to be relevant as Christian artists in an unchristian age, to pick up the secular fashion of the immediate generation before us and immerse oneself in that as your tradition. That's why Christian artists so often seem to be a generation late.”

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Author:Calvin Seerveld

“Objects of every sort are materials for the new art: paint, food, chairs, electric and neon lights, smoke, water, old socks, a dog, movies, a thousand other things which will be discovered by the present generation of artists.”

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Author:Allan Kaprow

“We lost so many talented artists and writers from the generations before ours that we're really lacking older figureheads.”

Artist Lost Generations Lacking Artists And Writers

Author:Christopher Bollen

“Artists of my generation were not educated. We were not given the equipment because it was generally believed to be irrelevant.”

Artist Given Education Generations Educated Equipment Irrelevant My Generation

Author:Eric Fischl

“For me art is a continuous discovery into reality, an exploration of visual data which has been going on for centuries, each artist contributing to the next generation's advancement. I wanted to go a step further and extend the boundaries.”

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Book:Breaking the rules: Audrey Flack, a retrospective 1950-1990

Source: Breaking the rules: Audrey Flack, a retrospective 1950-1990

“The real function of the artist is to give fresh vision to their own generation.”

Giving Real Artist Vision Generations Function

Author:Doris McCarthy

“It is so important for me to keep authentic Cuban sounds alive. All of these great artists have changed the landscape of Latin music and it's an honor to have them on this album ["90 Millas," released in September of 2007]. I believe this album will expose a new generation to the richness of Cuban music.”

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Author:Gloria Estefan

“Art is the signature of a generation; artists have a way of defining the times.”

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Author:Barbra Streisand