David Galenson

It's not curators, it's not critics, it's not the public, it's not collectors who find great artists - it's other artists.

— David Galenson

Important artists are innovators whose work changes the practices of their successors.

— David Galenson

Artists who have produced experimental innovations have been motivated by aesthetic criteria: they have aimed at presenting visual perceptions. Their goals are…

— David Galenson

The precision of their goals allows conceptual artists to be satisfied that they have produced one or more works that achieve a…

— David Galenson

There are two very different types of artists: those I call Old Masters, who work by trial and error and tend to…

— David Galenson

Artists have made innovations in many areas... But whatever the nature of an artist's innovation, its importance ultimately depends on the extent…

— David Galenson

Experimental artists build their skills gradually over the course of their careers, improving their work slowly over long periods. These artists are…

— David Galenson

Titian and Rembrandt, Monet and Rodin, Frank Lloyd Wright and Le Corbusier, Mark Twain and Henry James, Robert Frost and Elizabeth Bishop,…

— David Galenson

The people who do better and better work are people who are never satisfied. Cezanne would say, 'I think I've accomplished something,'…

— David Galenson