Robert Rauschenberg – the American painter and graphic artist whose work was associated with the Neo-Dada movement and Abstract Expressionism – was born on this day – October 22, 1925 in Port Arthur, Texas.
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Monthly Archives: October 2024
Robert Rauschenberg was born
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Franny was staring at the little blotch of sunshine with a special intensity, as if she were considering lying down in it.
~ J.D. Salinger
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The dollar is probably the most valuable strategic asset the United States has. We exercise a degree of control over the world economy because the world, for trading purposes, allows its transactions to pass through our currency. This leaves us with cheaper transaction costs and lighter financial burdens.
~ Christopher Caldwell via The New York Times
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UC Berkeley
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Total physical and mental inertia are highly agreeable, much more so than we allow ourselves to imagine.
~ John Kenneth Galbraith
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