Harold Rosenberg Quotes

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

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

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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

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

Tags: culture, purpose, new

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Harold Rosenberg (February 2, 1906 – July 11, 1978) 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. From 1962 until his death, he was the art critic of The New Yorker.