William Zorach

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Published on before 2005


Raymond G. wrote: [...] By the way, I want to ask a simple question to all peoples here, why not just simply enjoy the art work rather than criticise it? If you do not like it, why not just walk away. Why criticise? For what? Or [to] show what? Intelligence? Wisdom? Professionalism? Or what?

This post jarred a memory of a William Zorach story - Zorach BTW was a very good direct carver of the 20th century:

Jonny had wise thoughts for a little boy of ten. I took him to the museum of modern art.

He looked at the pictures very carefully and said, "Do you know what is next Grandpa? People are going to go into a room with nothing but empty walls and imagine pictures."