Skateboarding, like graffiti, will never be tamed. No matter how much they monetize it, no matter how big it gets, no matter how many companies are putting millions and millions of dollars into marketing it, it's always going to be… — Jeffrey Deitch Copy Share Image
Part of my agenda has been to support art that engages life with people. — Jeffrey Deitch Copy Share Image
Skateboarding, like graffiti, will never be tamed. No matter how much they monetize it, no matter how big it gets, no matter how many… — Jeffrey Deitch Copy Share Image
Ramp skating has become the most popular televised form of skating because they can constrain it. They can judge it based on what's happening… — Jeffrey Deitch Copy Share Image
Every day you run into artists on the streets in SoHo or other creative people you want to do something with. There's nothing to… — Jeffrey Deitch Copy Share Image
There is a constant ebb and flow in art historical reputations. The reputation of even the greatest figures like Picasso are in flux. — Jeffrey Deitch Copy Share Image
One of the interesting things about skateboarding and graffiti is that skateboarding exists in the documentation of an act. — Jeffrey Deitch Copy Share Image
Celebrity has become, for better or worse, an art form. An artist can use themselves as a medium to become a celebrity as a… — Jeffrey Deitch Copy Share Image
In the 1970s when I started in the art world, no self-respecting artist would have stood in line to try to get on a… — Jeffrey Deitch Copy Share Image
Sometimes you do a sound installation, and the first day or two it is very exciting. Then you are hearing this every day for… — Jeffrey Deitch Copy Share Image
Disney is our contemporary landscape. The best art will reflect that and challenge you. Disney comforts you, whereas the best art shakes up your… — Jeffrey Deitch Copy Share Image
I started getting really curious about art. I read about the Dadaists and the Futurists and the Constructivists - those kind of movements which were reflecting the angst of the people of their times. Their work was trying to lead a movement. I began thinking about what was happening, with painting on the streets and painting on the trains as… — Jeffrey Deitch Copy Share
Overall, I think any opportunity to expose people to art on a mass level - to have some kid in Oklahoma say to his… — Jeffrey Deitch Copy Share Image
