Marsden Hartley - American Quotes

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I am not a 'book of the month' artist, and I do not paint pretty pictures; but when I am no longer here my name will register forever in the history of American art.

Marsden Hartley

They want Americans to be American, and yet they offer little or no spiritual sustenance for their growth and welfare.

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I could never be French, I could never become German – I shall always remain American – the essence which is in me is American mysticism just as Davies declared it when he saw those first landscapes.

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