Quote#Wisdom
They want Americans to be American, and yet they offer little or no…
Quote byMarsden Hartley · 1877–1943
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: letter to Adelaide Kuntz, June 23, 1928, Archives of American Art; as quoted in Marsden Hartley, by Gail R. Scott, Abbeville Publishers, Cross River Press, 1988, New York p. 81.
English (original)
They want Americans to be American, and yet they offer little or no spiritual sustenance for their growth and welfare [quote on the critics who push to stop his long European stay and to return]
— Marsden Hartley
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