--- title: "4 Irving Sandler Quotes - Famous Art historian" description: "American art critic and historian... | Irving Sandler was an American art critic, art historian, and educator. He provided numerous first hand accounts ..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-irving-sandler-65406.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Irving Sandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-irving-sandler-65406.jpg) # Irving Sandler (1925–2018) Art Historian **4** quotes in **35** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Irving Sandler was an art historian. ## Quick Facts About Irving Sandler Born July 22, 1925 Died June 2, 2018 Profession Art Historian ## About Irving Sandler American art critic and historian... \| Irving Sandler was an American art critic, art historian, and educator. He provided numerous first hand accounts of American art, beginning with abstract expressionism in the 1950s. He also managed the Tanager Gallery downtown and co-ordinated the New York Artists Club of the New York School from 19 ## Quotes by Irving Sandler > [It's impossible in our postmodern era for anyone to be original - for anybody to do what Jackson Pollock did.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irving-sandler/it-s-impossible-in-our-postmodern-era-for-anyone-to-be-original-for/) Irving Sandler [Artist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/artist/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30c/irving-sandler-65406_artist_it-s-impossible-in-our-postmodern-era-fo_829430.jpg) > [In the '50s, to appropriate was a real no-no. However, once you go from Duchamp to Jasper Johns to Warhol, appropriation becomes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irving-sandler/in-the-50s-to-appropriate-was-a-real-no-no-however-once-you-go-from/) Irving Sandler [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/643/irving-sandler-65406_appropriate_in-the-50s-to-appropriate-was-a-real-no_903115.jpg) > [I had come to believe that I was not as clever as some other kids who were my friends. And yet I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irving-sandler/i-had-come-to-believe-that-i-was-not-as-clever-as-some-other-kids-who/) Irving Sandler [Ambition](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ambition/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/708/irving-sandler-65406_ambition_i-had-come-to-believe-that-i-was-not-as_2521440.jpg) > [There's not much to know about me other than I like meeting artists and I like yakking.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irving-sandler/there-s-not-much-to-know-about-me-other-than-i-like-meeting-artists/) Irving Sandler [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/536/irving-sandler-65406_art_there-s-not-much-to-know-about-me-other_3087279.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irving-sandler/#itemlist", "name": "Irving Sandler Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It's impossible in our postmodern era for anyone to be original - for anybody to do what Jackson Pollock did.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Irving Sandler" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irving-sandler/it-s-impossible-in-our-postmodern-era-for-anyone-to-be-original-for/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30c/irving-sandler-65406_artist_it-s-impossible-in-our-postmodern-era-fo_829430.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30c/irving-sandler-65406_artist_it-s-impossible-in-our-postmodern-era-fo_829430.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30c/irving-sandler-65406_artist_it-s-impossible-in-our-postmodern-era-fo_829430.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It's impossible in our postmodern era for anyone to be original - for anybody to do what Jackson Pollock did.” — Irving Sandler", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In the '50s, to appropriate was a real no-no. 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