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There is in reality no such thing as modern art. Art is carried on up and down in immense cycles through centuries and civilizations.

— Hans Hofmann

This grandiose tragedy that we call modern art.

— Salvador Dali

The history of modern art is also the history of the progressive loss of art's audience. Art has increasingly become the concern of the…

— Paul Gauguin

People regard art too highly, and history not enough

— John Irving

Art cannot be modern. Art is primordially eternal.

— Egon Schiele

Modern art did not just happen. It came as a result of a deep reversal of spiritual values in the Age of Reason, a…

— Hans Rookmaaker

Everywhere in the modern world there is neglect, the need to be recognized, which is not satisfied. Art is a way of recognizing oneself,…

— Louise Bourgeois

In its most limited sense, modern, art would seem to concern itself only with the technical innovations of the period.

— Edward Hopper

As far as art's concerned, I probably like modern art more than traditional art.

— Paul McCartney

The public history of modern art is the story of conventional people not knowing what they are dealing with.

— Golda Meir

All art is bad, but modern art is the worst.

— Joyce Cary

Much modern art is, at first sight, unnerving... in the contemporary world, we have come to expect instant response and immediate understanding.

— Nicholas Serota