Top 6 Quotes & Sayings by Fritz Scholder

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American artist Fritz Scholder.
Last updated on November 20, 2024.
Fritz Scholder

Fritz William Scholder V was a Native American artist. Scholder was an enrolled member of the La Jolla Band of Luiseno Indians, a federally recognized tribe of Luiseños, a California Mission tribe. Scholder's most influential works were post-modern in sensibility and somewhat Pop Art in execution as he sought to deconstruct the mythos of the American Indian. A teacher at the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) in Santa Fe in the late 1960s, Scholder influenced a generation of Native American students.

We need art more than ever as we stagger toward the Millennium.
I give thanks everyday that I've been able to take my craziness and make it work for me.
You must walk that tightrope between accident and discipline. Accident by itself…so what? Discipline by itself is boring. By walking that tightrope and putting down something on a canvascoming from your guts, you have a chance of making marks that will live longer than you.
Remember that life is short and death is long.
I consider myself a natural optimist. I like the dark side of things.
The artist has to transcend a subject, or he loses the battle. The subject wins. — © Fritz Scholder
The artist has to transcend a subject, or he loses the battle. The subject wins.
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