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Jerry Saltz Quotes: Robert Rauschenberg was not a giant of American art; he was the giant. No American created so many aesthetic openings for so many artists.
         

Robert Rauschenberg was not a giant of American art; he was the giant. No American created so many aesthetic openings for so many artists.


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The greatest work of art about New York? The question seems nebulous. The city's magic and majesty are distilled in the photographs of Alfred Stieglitz and Paul Strand.



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Outside museums, in noisy public squares, people look at people. Inside museums, we leave that realm and enter what might be called the group-mind, getting quiet to look at art.



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