"If they were starting their careers today, Rockwell and Picasso would probably both be painting on black velvet."

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"If they were starting their careers today, Rockwell and Picasso would probably both be painting on black velvet."

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"In Modernism, reality used to validate media. In Postmodernism, the media validate reality. If you don't believe this, just think how many times you've described some real event as being 'just like a movie.'"

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"Surrealism: An archaic term. Formerly an art movement. No longer distinguishable from everyday life."

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"Art imitates life. Life imitates high school."

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"Many of the contradictions in Postmodern art come from the fact that we're trying to be artists in a democratic society. This is because in a democracy, the ideal is compromise. In art, it isn't."

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