“Although the art world reveres the unconventional, it is rife with conformity. Artists make work that "looks like art" and behave in ways that enhance stereotypes. Curators pander to the expectations of their peers and their museum boards. Collectors run… — Sarah Thornton Copy Share Image
“Art needs motives that are more profound than profit if it is to maintain its difference from—and position above—other cultural forms.” — Sarah Thornton Copy Share Image
Many outsiders see the art world as elitist and it is, except it is also oddly down-to-earth and embracing of oddballs who don't fit… — Sarah Thornton Copy Share Image
“Our lives are constantly changing. Different things become relevant at different times in our lives. We are motivated by our changing sensibilities. Why can… — Sarah Thornton Copy Share Image
“Their hatred is so passionate that I can't help but wonder if they're attracted to each other.” — Sarah Thornton Copy Share Image
“I'm an atheist, but I believe in art. I go to galleries like my mother went to church. It helps me understand the way… — Sarah Thornton Copy Share Image
(...) contemporary art has become a kind of alternative religion for atheists. (...) For many art world insiders and art aficionados of other kinds,… — Sarah Thornton Copy Share Image
The term bohemian has a bad reputation because it's allied to myriad clichés, but Parisians originally adopted the term, associated with nomadic Gypsies, to… — Sarah Thornton Copy Share Image
Despite its self-regard, and much like a society of devout followers, the art world relies on consensus as heavily as it depends on individual… — Sarah Thornton Copy Share Image
“Although the art world reveres the unconventional, it is rife with conformity. Artists make work that "looks like art" and behave in ways that… — Sarah Thornton Copy Share Image
