Art Quote by Astra Taylor

The downfall of the industry seems to actually be good for art. I think the industry will find their way once the focus shifts…

— Saul Williams

“In a world where nearly everything that passes for art is tinny and commercial and often, in addition, hollow and academic, I argue--by reason…

— John Champlin Gardner Jr

A mystery confounds the problem of industry in art. In the last analysis, to work is simply not enough. But we have to act…

— Anne Truitt

The industry is a menace to artists.

— Nikki Sixx

“Selling out had never been a problem before because no one had wanted to buy. Why are we kneecapping ourselves with artistic principles when…

— Matthew De Abaitua

“The industrialist (your boss, perhaps) demands that everything be proven, efficient, and risk free. The artist seeks none of these. The value of art…

— Seth Godin

“These artists pay little attention to an encircling present that bears no direct relation to the world of work in which they live, and…

— Thomas Mann

“the Creative Economy is driven by the logic that seeks to fully harness—and no longer waste—human resources and talent.”

— Richard Florida

“Life of scarcity teaches creativity.”

— Jag Randhawa

“The morality of artists is replaced by aesthetics.”

— Herman Hesse

A work of art wastes away and becomes lustreless in surroundings where it has a price but not a value. It radiates only when…

— Ernst Junger

“Under wage labor, the art advances, the artisan declines.”

— Alexis de Tocqueville