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Clement Greenberg

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Clement Greenberg


Born
in Bronx, New York City, The United States
January 16, 1909

Died
May 14, 1994


American essayist, known mainly as an influential visual art critic closely associated with American Modern art of the mid-20th century.

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“All profoundly original art looks ugly at first.”
Clement Greenberg

“Art is a matter strictly of experience, not of principles, and what counts first and last in art is quality; all other things are secondary.”
Clement Greenberg, Late Writings

“Kitsch is vicarious experience and faked sensations.”
Clement Greenberg

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