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My culture-deprived, aspirational mother dragged me once a month f

My culture-deprived, aspirational mother dragged me once a month from our northern suburb – where the word art never came up – to the Art Institute of Chicago. I hated it. – Jerry Saltz

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Abstract Expressionism – the first American movement to have a worldwide influence – was remarkably short-lived: It heated up after World War II and was all but done for by 1960 (although visit any art school today and youll find a would-be Willem de Kooning). – Jerry Saltz

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Probably only an art-worlder like me could assign deeper meaning to something as simple and silly as Tebowing. But, to us, anytime people repeat a stance or a little dance, alone or together, we see that it can mean something. Imagistic and unspoken language is our thing. – Jerry Saltz

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In order for the artist to have a world to express he must first be situated in this world, oppressed or oppressing, resigned or rebellious, a man among men. – Simone de Beauvoir

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The painter puts brush to canvas, and the poet puts pen to paper. The poet has the easier task, for his pen does not alter his rhyme. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Artistry is an innate distrust of the theory of reality concocted by the five senses. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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The artist gazes upon a reality and creates his own impression. The viewer gazes upon the impression and creates his own reality. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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The blood jet is poetry and there is no stopping it. – Sylvia Plath

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When it went on the air, the sales department hated it. It was the highest advertising pullout show in the history of NBC. At the early focus groups, people were saying, Who are these people? Why should we watch them? – Dick Wolf

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As a former teacher and a mother and grandmother, I know firsthand the importance of a quality education. – Sue Kelly

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You are never alone or helpless. The force that guides the stars guides you too. – Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar

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