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
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.
If I could only have one more day, I could do a great painting.
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.
We need art more than ever as we stagger toward the Millennium.