Fritz Scholder
Fritz Scholder
Fritz Scholderwas a Native American artist. Born in Breckenridge, Minnesota, Scholder was one-quarter Luiseño, a California Mission tribe. Scholder's most influential works were post-modern in sensibility and somewhat Pop Art in execution as he sought to deconstruct the mythos of the American Indian. A teacher at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe in the late 1960s, Scholder influenced a generation of Native American students...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionArtist
Date of Birth6 October 1937
CountryUnited States of America
If I could only have one more day, I could do a great painting.
We need art more than ever as we stagger toward the Millennium.
Remember that life is short and death is long.
I give thanks everyday that I've been able to take my craziness and make it work for me.
I consider myself a natural optimist. I like the dark side of things.
The artist has to transcend a subject, or he loses the battle. The subject wins.
You must walk that tightrope between accident and discipline. Accident by itself…so what? Discipline by itself is boring. By walking that tightrope and putting down something on a canvascoming from your guts, you have a chance of making marks that will live longer than you.