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> [I think being from Iran sharpened my eye as an art dealer. This is why, today, I think the true definition of so-called postmodernism is the acceptance that we cannot go by old models any longer. The old models were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-shafrazi/i-think-being-from-iran-sharpened-my-eye-as-an-art-dealer-this-is-why/)

[Tony Shafrazi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-shafrazi/)

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## More by Tony Shafrazi

> [I'm happy that the evolution of art in the past 25 years, and the place of art in global culture-and even finance-has gotten to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-shafrazi/i-m-happy-that-the-evolution-of-art-in-the-past-25-years-and-the/)

[Tony Shafrazi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-shafrazi/)

> [The breakdown of the modern movement led to what later became known as postmodern-whatever the hell that means-referring to the mixture of people and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-shafrazi/the-breakdown-of-the-modern-movement-led-to-what-later-became-known/)

[Tony Shafrazi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-shafrazi/)

> [I was asked in 1969 by Lucy Lippard to define art. I think at the time I said that art was a matter of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-shafrazi/i-was-asked-in-1969-by-lucy-lippard-to-define-art-i-think-at-the-time/)

[Tony Shafrazi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-shafrazi/)

> [The image of the bank robber I had in mind was more in the European tradition where you'd rob banks and give to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-shafrazi/the-image-of-the-bank-robber-i-had-in-mind-was-more-in-the-european/)

[Tony Shafrazi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-shafrazi/)

> [I think being from Iran sharpened my eye as an art dealer. This is why, today, I think the true definition of so-called postmodernism…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-shafrazi/i-think-being-from-iran-sharpened-my-eye-as-an-art-dealer-this-is-why/)

[Tony Shafrazi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-shafrazi/)

> [By the late '50s, something was happening in England, and it got to be quite exciting. The music world then started to explode with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-shafrazi/by-the-late-50s-something-was-happening-in-england-and-it-got-to-be/)

[Tony Shafrazi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-shafrazi/)

> [For me, being Christian Armenian, born into the Islamic culture in Iran and then, at the age of 13, being sent to England and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-shafrazi/for-me-being-christian-armenian-born-into-the-islamic-culture-in-iran/)

[Tony Shafrazi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-shafrazi/)

> [I think that the whole experience of living, breathing, thinking, and being lost in wonderment is, for me, that of being an artist. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-shafrazi/i-think-that-the-whole-experience-of-living-breathing-thinking-and/)

[Tony Shafrazi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-shafrazi/)

> [I think that the first responsibility of an artist is to follow truth, and the innate original forces and energies that are within them.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-shafrazi/i-think-that-the-first-responsibility-of-an-artist-is-to-follow-truth/)

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