Harold Rosenberg

"The skills of the modern artist are the opposite of those of the craftsman: instead of acquiring techniques for producing classes of objects, the artist today perfects the means suited to his particul…"

"The mingling of object and image in collage, of given fact and conscious artifice, corresponds to the illusion-producing processes of contemporary civilization. In advertisements, news stories, films,…"

"Exhibitions of minority art are often intended to make the minority itself more aware of its collective experience. Reinforcing the common memory of miseries and triumphs will, it is expected, strengt…"

"For the artist, fulfillment of self consists not in marching in the ranks of the liberators but in being entered in the roll of the Masters. The artist tends to find himself in the position of a deser…"

"Art has arrived at the paradox that tradition itself requires the occurrence of radical attacks on tradition."

"Illusionistic art appeals to what the public knows not about art but about things. This ability to brush art aside is the secret of the popularity of illusionism. Ever since the Greeks told of painted…"

"The artist is obliged to invent the self who will paint his pictures."

"Abandoned by philosophy, politics, and sociology, historical determinism continues to hold out in formalist art criticism."