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He smiled - a trifle defensively, I
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He smiled - a trifle defensively, I thought
"I don't want to think too much about art, you see
I don't want to criticize itI don't want to
attend symposia, listen to papers, or discuss it
at cocktail parties - although sometimes in my
line of work I'm forced to do all those things
What I want to do is clutch my heart and fall down
when I see it
Wireman burst out laughing and raised both hands
in the air"Yes, Lawd!" he proclaimed"I don't
know if that guy out there was clutching his heart
and falling down, but he surely was ready to
clutch his checkbook
Nannuzzi said, "Inside himself, I think he did
fall down
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"Actually, I do too," Wireman saidHe was no
longer smiling
Nannuzzi remained fixed on me"No talk of
gimmicksWhat you are after in most of these
paintings is perfectly straightforward: you're
looking for a way to re-invent the most popular
and hackneyed of all Florida subjects, the
tropical sunsetYou've been trying to find your
way past the cliché
"Yes, that's pretty much itSo I copied Dalí-"
Nannuzzi waved a hand"Those paintings out there
are nothing like DalíAnd I won't discuss schools
of art with you, Edgar, or stoop to using words
ending in ismYou don't belong to any school of
art, because you don't know any
"I know buildings," I said
"Then why don't you paint buildings?"
I shook my headI could have told him the thought
had never crossed my mind, but it would have been
closer to the truth to say it had never crossed my
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