Harold Rosenberg
Harold Rosenberg
Harold Rosenbergwas 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. Beginning in the early 1960s he became art Critic for the New Yorker magazine...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth2 February 1906
CountryUnited States of America
Harold Rosenberg quotes about
breaks
It breaks your heart. They were hardworking and enthusiastic about life.
understand
I can't understand it. They just wanted to retire.
reputation recognition curator
No dealer, curator, buyer or critic, or any existing combination of these, can be depended on to produce a reputation that is more than a momentary flurry.
europe world modern
American time has stretched around the world. It has become the dominant tempo of modern history, especially of the history of Europe.
struggle self numbers
Politics in the United States consists of the struggle between those whose change has been arrested by success or failure, on one side, and those who are still engaged in changing themselves, on the other. Agitators of arrested metamorphosis versus agitators of continued metamorphosis. The former have the advantage of numbers (since most people accept themselves as successes or failures quite early), the latter of vitality and visibility (since self-transformation, though it begins from within, with ideology, religion, drugs, tends to express itself publicly through costume and jargon).
struggle vocabulary profound
The struggle to make an absolute statement in an individually conceived vocabulary accounts for the profound tensions inherent in the best modern work.