Sarah Thornton

“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

Many outsiders see the art world as elitist and it is, except it is also oddly down-to-earth and embracing of oddballs who…

— Sarah Thornton

“Our lives are constantly changing. Different things become relevant at different times in our lives. We are motivated by our changing sensibilities.…

— Sarah Thornton

“Their hatred is so passionate that I can't help but wonder if they're attracted to each other.”

— Sarah Thornton

“I'm an atheist, but I believe in art. I go to galleries like my mother went to church. It helps me understand…

— Sarah Thornton

(...) contemporary art has become a kind of alternative religion for atheists. (...) For many art world insiders and art aficionados of…

— Sarah Thornton

The term bohemian has a bad reputation because it's allied to myriad clichés, but Parisians originally adopted the term, associated with nomadic…

— Sarah Thornton

Despite its self-regard, and much like a society of devout followers, the art world relies on consensus as heavily as it depends…

— Sarah Thornton

“Although the art world reveres the unconventional, it is rife with conformity. Artists make work that "looks like art" and behave in…

— Sarah Thornton