Their children were just interested in assimilating into American culture. I see some glimmering in the grandchildren. Of course children always want to act against the parents. It is not entertainment. American culture is entertainment in which you are very passive and it comes to you and pleases you and fondles and tickles you.
Art requires a great effort.
I have said many times to experience a work of art requires as much effort as to make a work of art. From the very beginning when I had no money I would go through what it is called SoHo, then it was Hell's 100 acres, for material. This was long before I moved into a loft there in 1963. There were small manufacturing plants around, on Friday nights I would follow the scrap trucks as they went from place to place and I would pick up little squares and irregular pieces. These small pieces were never models for bigger pieces they were always complete in themselves.