71.   It was a Renaissance maxim that artists had to release the form trapped in a solid block of stone.

72.   Jewish artists had to buy vellum but they made their own paints.

73.   Korean artists have outstanding technical skills, and all that copying of classical statues gives students a foundation of facial expressions and shading that serves them throughout their careers.

74.   Just enough to explain why, throughout history, artists have preferred colonies.

75.   Maybe artists by definition have to be optimists.

76.   Maybe it is, but in which atmosphere does the artist have a better chance to matter?

77.   Most other artists have to strain.

78.   Most pop artists have only a few peaks in their careers.

79.   No one is certain how many artists have HIV and AIDS, but most of the advocates for artists with AIDS say there are many thousands of them.

80.   Not all these artists have had drug problems, but Alexakis has.