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Harold Rosenberg [1906-1978] American

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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.

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The aim of every authentic artist is not to conform to the history of art, but to release himself from it in order to replace it with his own history.		101
American time has stretched around the world. It has become the dominant tempo of modern history, especially of the history of Europe.		102
They had enough. They wanted to enjoy their life.		103
What better way to prove that you understand a subject than to make money out of it?		104
America is the civilization of people engaged in transforming themselves. In the past, the stars of the performance were the pioneer and the immigrant. Today, it is youth and the Black.		105
The differences between revolution in art and revolution in politics are enormous. Revolution in art lies not in the will to destroy but in the revelation of what has already been destroyed. Art kills only the dead.		106
Whoever undertakes to create soon finds himself engaged in creating himself.		107
The purpose of education is to keep a culture from being drowned in senseless repetitions, each of which claims to offer a new insight.		108
The story of Americans is the story of arrested metamorphoses. Those who achieve success come to a halt and accept themselves as they are. Those who fail become resigned and accept themselves as they are.		109
The values to which the conservative appeals are inevitably caricatured by the individuals designated to put them into practice.		110
No degree of dullness can safeguard a work against the determination of critics to find it fascinating.		111

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