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It is frequently the tragedy of the great artist, as it is of the

It is frequently the tragedy of the great artist, as it is of the great scientist, that he frightens the ordinary man. – Loren Eiseley, The Night Country, 1971

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When my daughter was about seven years old, she asked me one day what I did at work. I told her I worked at the college — that my job was to teach people how to draw. She stared at me, incredulous, and said, “You mean they forget?” – Howard Ikemoto

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Censorship is to art as lynching is to justice. – Henry Louis Gates

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In the practical art of war, the best thing of all is to take the enemys country whole and intact to shatter and destroy it is not so good. – Sun Tzu

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Galleries began growing in both number and size in the late seventies, when artists who worked in lofts wanted to exhibit their work in spaces similar to the ones the art was made in. – Jerry Saltz

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