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The struggle to make an absolute statement in an individually conceived vocabulary accounts for the profound tensions inherent in the best modern work.

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Whoever undertakes to create soon finds himself engaged in creating himself. Self-transformation and the transformation of others have constituted the radical interest of our century, whether in painting, psychiatry, or political action.

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Both art and the artist lack identity and define themselves only through their encounter with each other.

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Imitation of the art of earlier centuries, as that done by Picasso and Modigliani, is carried on not to perpetuate ancient values but to demonstrate that new aesthetic orders now prevail.

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Harold Rosenberg

Harold Rosenberg

Born: February 2, 1906
Died: July 11, 1978 (aged 72)
Bio: Harold Rosenberg was an American writer, educator, philosopher and art critic. He coined the term Action Painting in 1952 for what was later to be known as abstract expressionism. Rosenberg is best known for his art criticism.
Known for:
  1. The tradition of the new (1959)
  2. Art on the edge (1975)
  3. The case of the baffled radical
  4. Arshile Gorky: The Man, the Time, the Idea (1962)
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