Carolina Quotes[modern art is the story of certain peoples'] desire to get rid of what is dead in human experience, to get rid of concepts, whether aesthetic or metaphysical or ethical or social, that, being garbed in the costumes of the past, get in the way of their enjoyment.
Robert Motherwell Connected to the Carolinas
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Lecture at Mount Holyoke College, August 1944; later published as 'A Tour of the Sublime', in 'Tiger's Eye', 15 Dec. 1948; as cited in 'Robert Motherwell, American Painter and Printmaker', on 'Artstory'
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“[modern art is the story of certain peoples'] desire to get …” Robert Motherwell. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-F35B6796B6. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/f35b6796b6
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