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Artist Life in the United States
Austin, Mary | February 11, 1925 issue

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The only consideration which justifies a reopening of the problem of artist life in the U.S. is the one imposed upon the artist by the success here, in so far as universal acceptance of an idea guarantees success, of the democratic idea that one person's opinion on any subject is as good as another's. the great artist, whose genius is in advance of his age, has a bad time of it in the U.S. He has always had a bad time of it, and probably always will. It is probable that the conditions which would foster high standards of criticism are lacking in democracy, and that the really great critic would find himself more at a loss here than the great artist is. At any rate the critics are lacking, or are insecurely documented.

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ARTISTS -- United States; CRITICS -- United States; CRITICISM; LITERATURE; AESTHETICS; UNITED States
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