Somewhere a portion of contemporary art has to exist as an example of what the art and its context were meant to… — Donald Judd Copy Share Image
People think that the art market is about opportunists and hedge-fund managers getting broken art, but what really happened is that there… — Liam Gillick Copy Share Image
By 3000 B.C. the art of Egypt was so ripe and so far advanced that it is surprising to find any student… — James Henry Breasted Copy Share Image
We always have a great time touring Germany, but one of my favourite museums in the world is Museum Ludwig, an incredible… — Julien Baker Copy Share Image
Growing up in the '70s and '80s when my dad had an art gallery, one of the things that frustrated me was… — Jason Blum Copy Share Image
The contemporary artist...is not bound to a fully conceived, previsioned end. His mind is kept alert to in-process discovery and a working… — Jerry Uelsmann Copy Share Image
To brutally summarise a lot of scholarly texts, contemporary art is made possible by neoliberal capital, plus the Internet, biennials, art fairs,… — Hito Steyerl Copy Share Image
My own interest in art was because of my mother. My father didn't like contemporary art, so he didn't give her large… — David Rockefeller Copy Share Image
I had really nice parents, and a very smart mother, but they weren't into art or anything. I didn't know what art… — Peaches Copy Share Image
All great contemporary artists, schooled or not, are essentially self-taught and are de-skilling like crazy. — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
There is a small world of people who are very interested in contemporary art and a slightly bigger world of people who… — Marc Jacobs Copy Share Image
There is a huge thirst for knowledge among the younger generation for contemporary art, but most of them learn about it by… — Dasha Zhukova Copy Share Image
But you know in the contemporary art world, you pose a very interesting conundrum. All sorts of people collect very contemporary art,… — Michael Tilson Thomas Copy Share Image
People don't like contemporary art, but all art starts life as contemporary - I can't really see a difference. — Damien Hirst Copy Share Image
“The machinery of the sky that confounds us on earth with endless transformations of clouds in the light of dawn does not… — Yayoi Kusama Copy Share Image
A text makes the word more specific. It really kind of defines it within the context in which it is being used.… — Robert Barry Copy Share Image
I tried to grow up. Honest. Didn’t quite happen. I guess I’m someone for whom youth still seems more real than the… — Donald Fagen Copy Share Image
...it is in the nature of original contemporary art to present itself as a bad risk. And we the public...should be proud… — Leo Steinberg Copy Share Image
I love contemporary art, although I wouldn't want a pickled shark in my house. — Bruno Tonioli Copy Share Image
Few people in contemporary art demonstrate much curiosity. The majority spend their days blathering on, rather than trying to work out why… — Charles Saatchi Copy Share Image
There are no categories in contemporary art. There are no rules. Artists are given the freedom to make and create whatever they… — James Frey Copy Share Image
“The real reason that students and increasingly teachers of art history are ready to jettison the past, however, is that the refusal… — Christopher S. Wood Copy Share Image
