An ametuer is an artist who supports himself with outside jobs which enable him to paint. A professional is someone whose wife works to enable him to paint.
Ben ShahnI believe that if it were left to artists to choose their own labels, most would choose none.
Ben ShahnThe time when I had desire to go to the United States I didn't have a penny. It was in the middle of the depression, you know. I couldn't get as far as Hoboken at that time.
Ben ShahnI feel, having the choices I had, I felt I had more control over my own medium than I did over photography.
Ben Shahn