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Modern Art
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Modern art has to be what is called ‘intense.’ it is not easy to define being intense; but, roughly speaking, it means saying only one thing at a time, and saying it wrong.
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― Alarms and Discursions
― Alarms and Discursions
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Jackson Pollock and Hugh Hefner both rose to prominence in the 1950s, though Pollock’s appeal was that no one understood him, and Hefner’s appeal was that no one misunderstood him. When Modern men think of art, they tend to think of such highs and lows. In the midst of this daring game of extremes, art lost the common touch.
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― Love What Lasts: How to Save Your Soul from Mediocrity
― Love What Lasts: How to Save Your Soul from Mediocrity
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