"is not making art. It is living a life. Those who live their lives will leave the stuff that is really art." To inspire this kind of spirit in his students, he used to read to them from Walt Whitman.The Ashcan artists were often cartoonists and illustrators--they grew up in a golden age of newspaper art--as well as painters.
from James Fenton: The Guardian: Living a life
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