"living above the line"
Kaufman, Paley, Whitman, Wright, Basquiat, Martin
Bob Kaufman:
Grace Paley:
Walt Whitman:
James Wright to Marshall Wright, July 28, 1964:
Jean-Michel Basquiat:
I was a really lousy artist as a kid….I’d never win painting contests. I remember losing to a guy who did a perfect Spiderman.
Agnes Martin:
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