One of the great things about collecting contemporary art…

Collecting contemporary art I started with some of the younger artists. Although, having a son who's an artist, I was hesitant-I think he was…

— Laurence Graff

Meeting and talking to the artist adds a special element to collecting contemporary art that makes the work an irreplaceable treasure rather than just…

— Ernest West Basden

I think all novels are contemporary. When people went to see 'Antony-Cleopatra' at the Globe in the 16th century, they were not going to…

— Richard Flanagan

Some critics said, 'Hey, why are you writing historical novels?' I say they're not historical, they're contemporary, because people walking around who lived through…

— Per Petterson

In the last 20 years of collecting contemporary African art, I have been bombarded by incredible shapes and colors that I now want to…

— Jean Pigozzi

The museum in D.C. is really a narrative museum - the nature of a people and how you represent that story. Whereas the Studio…

— David Adjaye

Certainly being in California has encouraged a sustained commitment to rethinking the nature, purposes, and relevance of the contemporary arts, specifically music, for a…

— Brian Ferneyhough

The lure in art collecting and its financial rewards, not counting for a moment its aesthetic, cultural and intellectual rewards, is like the trust…

— Steve Martin

I would love to say there was some contemporary artist who's work really got me thinking, but lately I have just been trying to…

— Cory Arcangel

When we talk about contemporary art and contemporary artists, we usually imagine artists who are alive. But I feel very uncomfortable about placing a…

— Yasumasa Morimura

The problem with contemporary art is that no one bothers to do the research necessary to give people what they want.

— Michael Scott

A contemporary artist can use the findings of all epochs and all styles, from the most primitive literary expressions up to the most refined…

— Juan Goytisolo

New materials are one of the great afflictions of contemporary art. Some artists confuse new materials with new ideas.

— Sol LeWitt

We have created indoor installations inside museums, like the Wrapped Floor at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago in 1968, and not monumental…

— Christo

The boundaries between contemporary art and cinema are so rigid. It's unbelievable. The film critics don't know my artwork and the art world doesn't…

— Agnes Varda