R. B. Kitaj Quotes

A lot of good and regular art gets made because of who you talk to. No one is immune to human contact and art is not made in a vacuum.

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• A lot of good and regular art gets made because of who you talk to. No one is immune to human contact and art is not made in a vacuum.

  

  R. B. Kitaj
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