Harold Rosenberg Quotes and Sayings
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America is the civilization of people engaged in transforming themselves. In the past, the stars of the performance were the pioneer and the immigrant. Today, it is youth and the Black. Harold Rosenberg | Refcard PDF ↑
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American time has stretched around the world. It has become the dominant tempo of modern history, especially of the history of Europe. Harold Rosenberg | Refcard PDF ↑
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No degree of dullness can safeguard a work against the determination of critics to find it fascinating. Harold Rosenberg | Refcard PDF ↑
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The aim of every authentic artist is not to conform to the history of art, but to release himself from it in order to replace it with his own history. Harold Rosenberg | Refcard PDF ↑
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The differences between revolution in art and revolution in politics are enormous. Revolution in art lies not in the will to destroy but in the revelation of what has already been destroyed. Art kills only the dead. Harold Rosenberg | Refcard PDF ↑
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The purpose of education is to keep a culture from being drowned in senseless repetitions, each of which claims to offer a new insight. Harold Rosenberg | Refcard PDF ↑
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The story of Americans is the story of arrested metamorphoses. Those who achieve success come to a halt and accept themselves as they are. Those who fail become resigned and accept themselves as they are. Harold Rosenberg | Refcard PDF ↑
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The values to which the conservative appeals are inevitably caricatured by the individuals designated to put them into practice. Harold Rosenberg | Refcard PDF ↑
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They had enough. They wanted to enjoy their life. Harold Rosenberg | Refcard PDF ↑
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What better way to prove that you understand a subject than to make money out of it? Harold Rosenberg | Refcard PDF ↑
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Whoever undertakes to create soon finds himself engaged in creating himself. Harold Rosenberg | Refcard PDF ↑