I taught a lot of art history, especially Chinese, Japanese, and Indian. But the painting classes came back. The nudes came back. Not so much the still lifes.

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I taught a lot of art history, especially Chinese, Japanese, and Indian. But the painting classes came back. The nudes came back. Not so much the still lifes.

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If some student came up and wanted to know where to study painting, you’d want to suggest someplace, but there’s no place. I wouldn’t know where to send a student to study.
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The more an artist works the more there is to do.
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Only a bad artist thinks he has a good idea. A good artist does not need anything.

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Only a bad artist thinks he has a good idea. A good artist does not need anything.
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The artist should once and forever emancipate himself from the bondage of appearance.

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The artist should once and forever emancipate himself from the bondage of appearance.
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Now almost every artist outside of New York is connected with some school or some museum school, and even in New York the majority are.

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I tried to oppose the academic to the marketplace.

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I tried to oppose the academic to the marketplace.
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My painting represents the victory of the forces of darkness and peace over the powers of light and evil.

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My painting represents the victory of the forces of darkness and peace over the powers of light and evil.
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The ugliest spectacle is that of artists selling themselves. Art as a commodity is an ugly idea… The artist as businessman is uglier than the businessman as artist.
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As for a picture, if it isn’t worth a thousand words, the hell with it.

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As for a picture, if it isn’t worth a thousand words, the hell with it.
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Art is art. Everything else is everything else.

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Art is art. Everything else is everything else.
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The artist as businessman is uglier than the businessman as artist.

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The artist as businessman is uglier than the businessman as artist.
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I like the idea of the museum world and the university-academic situation where artists talk to each other or where artists or art students study with artists.

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I like the idea of the museum world and the university-academic situation where artists talk to each other or where artists or art students study with artists.
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