Harold Rosenberg

cease to regard the canvas as a surface on which to paint a picture, but instead as a surface on which to record an event ↗

— Harold Rosenberg

#art

American time has stretched around the world. It has become the dominant tempo of modern history, especially of the history of Europe. ↗

— Harold Rosenberg

#around #become #dominant #especially #europe

No degree of dullness can safeguard a work against the determination of critics to find it fascinating. ↗

— Harold Rosenberg

#critics #degree #determination #dullness #fascinating

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. ↗

— Harold Rosenberg

#art #artist #authentic #conform #every

The purpose of education is to keep a culture from being drowned in senseless repetitions, each of which claims to offer a new insight. ↗

— Harold Rosenberg

#claims #culture #drowned #each #education

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. ↗

— Harold Rosenberg

#black #civilization #engaged #immigrant #in the past

They had enough. They wanted to enjoy their life. ↗

— Harold Rosenberg

#enough #had #had enough #life #their

What better way to prove that you understand a subject than to make money out of it? ↗

— Harold Rosenberg

#better way #make #money #out #prove

Whoever undertakes to create soon finds himself engaged in creating himself. ↗

— Harold Rosenberg

#creating #engaged #finds #himself #soon

The values to which the conservative appeals are inevitably caricatured by the individuals designated to put them into practice. ↗

— Harold Rosenberg

#conservative #designated #individuals #inevitably #into