“If art is to survive it must describe and express people, their lives and times.”
As quoted in Barry N. Schwartz, The new humanism: art in a time of change, Praeger 1974, p. 179.
Raphael Soyer , né le 25 décembre 1899 à Borissoglebsk dans l'Empire russe, aujourd'hui dans l'Oblast de Voronej, et mort le 4 novembre 1987 à New York, est un peintre américain d'origine russe, un des principaux représentants de la Scène américaine. Wikipedia
“If art is to survive it must describe and express people, their lives and times.”
As quoted in Barry N. Schwartz, The new humanism: art in a time of change, Praeger 1974, p. 179.
Then he died. He worked to the very last minute.
As quoted in Paper Lanterns (Quotations from The Sun) p. 59.