Irving Sandler quotes

“I had come to believe that I was not as clever as some other kids who were my friends. And yet I knew even then that I wanted to do something of an intellectual nature, and excel at it. I also realized that if I was going to succeed at all, it would be through hard work.”
-- Irving Sandler

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“In the '50s, to appropriate was a real no-no. However, once you go from Duchamp to Jasper Johns to Warhol, appropriation becomes not only a common thing to do, but possibly the central way of working in the era we call postmodernism.”
-- Irving Sandler

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“It's impossible in our postmodern era for anyone to be original--for anybody to do what Jackson Pollock did...”
-- Irving Sandler

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“There's not much to know about me other than I like meeting artists and I like yakking.”
-- Irving Sandler

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“This land is a monopoly of erroneous ideas.”

“I still secretly believe that afternoons are the time for the test card and you shouldn't watch television when the sun is out.”

“I used to believe in forever, but forever's too good to be true”

“Psychoanalysts believe that the only "normal" people are those who cause not trouble to either themselves or anyone else.”

“I believe it was the great ogre philosopher Gary who observed that complexity is, generally speaking, an illusion of conscious desire. All things exist in as simple a form as necessity dictates. When a thing is labeled 'complex,' that's just a roundabout way of saying you're not observant enough to understand it.”

Source : A. Lee Martinez (2007). “In the Company of Ogres”, p.133, Macmillan

“I believe that whatever comes at a particular time is a blessing from God.”

“The monarchy that I hand over to my son is not going to be the same one that I have inherited. ... There is a tendency by a lot of officials to hide behind the king. And it's about time that officials take their responsibility and are responsible in front of the people. Because today, if you're appointed by the king, they don't feel that they're responsible for the people. If you have a government that is elected, they need to do the hard work — because if they don't, they won't be around the next time the ballot box is open.”

“You see, God helps only people who work hard. That principle is very clear.”

“Nothing so soon the drooping spirits can raise As praises from the men, whom all men praise.”

Source : 'Ode upon a Copy of Verses of My Lord Broghill's' (1663)

“The powers of nature are never in repose; her work never stands still.”

Source : William Wordsworth, Adam Sedgwick (1842). “A complete guide to the Lakes, comprising minute directions for the tourist, with mr. Wordsworth's Description of the scenery of the country, &c. and Three letters upon the geology of the Lake district, by prof. Sedgwick”