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Its high time for the art world to admit that the avant-garde is d

Its high time for the art world to admit that the avant-garde is dead. It was killed by my hero, Andy Warhol, who incorporated into his art all the gaudy commercial imagery of capitalism (like Campbells soup cans) that most artists had stubbornly scorned. – Camille Paglia

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Nature, I have constantly argued in my work, is the real superpower of this godless universe. It is the ultimate disposer of human fate, randomly recarving geography over 10,000-year epochs. – Camille Paglia

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Within the U.S., the Obama presidency will be mainly measured by the success or failure of his economic policies. And here, I fear, the monstrous stimulus package with which this administration stumbled out of the gate will prove to be Obamas Waterloo. – Camille Paglia

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In an era ruled by materialism and unstable geopolitics, art must be restored to the center of public education. – Camille Paglia

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Resolve and thou art free. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Art may imitate life, but life imitates TV. – Ani DiFranco

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