Art Quote by Aleksandra Mir

I hate it when people say that art shouldnt be a commodity. A lot of the rooms in museums, and all the Frieze week…

— Grayson Perry

It's wonderful to see art in a museum, but it is institutionalised. I don't like the idea of the artwork as something that requires…

— Antony Gormley

Having your work in a museum is something we as artists aspire to, but I don't think that's something we need to worry about…

— Eric Drooker

Museums are just a lot of lies, and the people who make art their business are mostly imposters. We have infected the pictures in…

— Pablo Picasso

The moment you try to institutionalize art, it ceases to be art.

— Allen Wier

I believe in the democratization of the arts. What do I mean by that? I think museums, with some exceptions, have a responsibility to…

— Eli Broad

Art was not a thing for my family and is still not a thing for my family. My family will not go to a…

— Amy Sherald

Museums are not normally presenting the works on the walls as provocations to work. It's more like going to a Jacuzzi.

— Hans Haacke

I came from a background where access to museum culture was rarely granted, and, when you got it, people wondered what the hell you…

— Kehinde Wiley

The most basic task of any museum must be the protection of works of cultural significance entrusted to its care for the edification and…

— Martin Filler

People expect things from art that are horrible for us who make it! They put the things we make in these restrictive places called…

— Sigmar Polke

I come from a generation where you put the art out and had the luxury to sit back and watch the world deconstruct it,…

— M.I.A