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- Yes, 85 percent of the art you see isn't any good. But everyone has a different opinion about which 85 percent is bad. That in…
- A lot of people still think caring about clothes is a dubious, unserious, frivolous, girlie thing.
- It's art that pushes against psychological and social expectations, that tries to transform decay into something generative, that is replicative in a baroque way, that…
- A canon is antithetical to everything the New York art world has been about for the past 40 years, during which we went from being…
- Artists working for other artists is all about knowing, learning, unlearning, initiating long-term artistic dialogues, making connections, creating covens, and getting temporary shelter from the…
- As I made my way through 'On Line,' the austere, stridently dogmatic, sometimes revelatory exhibition 'about line' at MoMA, I found myself thinking, 'Someone please…
- Billions of photos are shot every year, and about the toughest thing a photographer can do is invent an original, deeply personal, instantly recognizable visual…
- I don't know much about auctions. I sometimes go to previews and see art sardined into ugly rooms. I've gawked at the gaudy prices, and…
- I don't plan out my visits rigorously, but I do have a list of about 125 New York galleries, alternative spaces, museums, and so forth…
- I like something about George W. Bush. A lot. After spending more than a decade having almost physiological-chemical reactions anytime I saw him, getting the…
- I often find myself privately stewing about much British art, thinking that except for their tremendous gardens, that the English are not primarily visual artists,…
- I wish I could write about shows outside New York. I often feel like the last person to know anything, because I almost never get…
- Jeffrey Deitch is the Jeff Koons of art dealers. Not because he's the biggest, best, or the richest of his kind. But because in some…
- Kinkade's paintings are worthless schmaltz, and the lamestream media that love him are wrong. However, I'd love to see a museum mount a small show…
- Marlene Dumas is one of the two or three most successful female artists alive, if you judge by prices. I've never reviewed her work, because…
- Much good art got made while money ruled; I like a lot of it, and hardship and poverty aren't virtues. The good news is that,…
- The greatest work of art about New York? The question seems nebulous. The city's magic and majesty are distilled in the photographs of Alfred Stieglitz…
- The reason the art world doesn't respond to Kinkade is because none - not one - of his ideas about subject-matter, surface, color, composition, touch,…
- The very paradigm of revolution, of right versus wrong, good versus bad, is a relic with no bearing on the present. Yet artists, exhibitions, and…
- There's something pleasing about large, well-lit spaces. I love that dealers are willing to take massive chances in order to give this much room to…
- When museums are built these days, architects, directors, and trustees seem most concerned about social space: places to have parties, eat dinner, wine-and-dine donors. Sure,…
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- I don't think about my previous success. I'm happy that the work I've done has been very successful. — Aaliyah
- If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them. — Pietro Aretino
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- In 1994, when I went back to Haiti from exile, we established a Commission for Truth and Justice and Reconciliation. I passed… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave… — Aristotle
- I'm going to insult a whole industry here, but it seems like TV is for people who can't do film. I'm not… — Kevyn Aucoin
- The most deeply personal of my works are the non-fiction works, the autobiographical works, because there, I'm talking about myself very directly. — Paul Auster
- There's love, and certainly children you care about more than yourself. But nevertheless, we're alone in our heads. — Paul Auster
- I started out in life as a poet; I was only writing poetry all through my 20s. It wasn't until I was… — Paul Auster
- The police can't protect consumers. People need to be more aware and educated about identity theft. You need to be a little… — Frank Abagnale
- Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me is ultimate freedom and a sense of… — Billie Joe Armstrong