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There are those who look at things the way they are, and ask why... I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?
The history of modern art is also the history of the progressive loss of art's audience. Art has increasingly become the concern of the artist and the bafflement of the public.
Jane Addams, Activist (1860) |
Bruno Bauer, Theologian (1809) |
Henry Seidel Canby, Critic (1878) |
John Dalton, Scientist (1766) |
Robyn Davidson, Writer (1950) |
Carly Fiorina, Businesswoman (1954) |
Naveen Jain, Businessman (1959) |
William R. Keating, Politician (1952) |
Joseph P. Kennedy, Diplomat (1888) |
Marquis De Lafayette, Revolutionary (1757) |
Philip James Bailey, Poet (1902) |
Hanns Eisler, Composer (1962) |
Edmund Gibson, Judge (1748) |
Herbert Kaufman, Writer (1947) |
Madeleine L'Engle, Novelist (2007) |