Many of my friends did not approve, and said that this was purely American entertainment; but I believed that it was part of modern culture, and really alive. I liked it. "" In those days," he says, "many of my friends went to Paris, but I heard that New York was cheaper to support oneself, and I thought I could throw myself in for a while."
當時很多畫友不贊同，說這是純美國式的玩意兒，但我認為這是現代文明的東西，很生活的，我喜歡」，他接著說：「那時很多朋友去巴黎，而我聽說紐約比較不需要帶很多錢即可維生，我想我可以闖一下。」