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“ An amateur is an artist who supports himself with outside jobs which enable him to paint. A professional is someone whose wife works to enable him to paint. ”

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Who knows when a trenchant line becomes a human face?

~ Ben Shahn

Ben Shahn Art Drawing

To abstract is to draw out the essence of a matter. To abstract in art is to separate certain fundamentals from irrelevant material which surrounds them.

~ Ben Shahn

Ben Shahn Abstract Art Artist