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104 Art World quotes by 70 unique authors

Of course art world ethics are important. But museums are no purer than any other institution or business. Academics aren't necessarily more high-minded than gallerists. — Jerry Saltz
The last time money left the art world, intrepid types maxed out their credit cards and opened galleries, and a few of them have become… — Jerry Saltz
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,… — Jerry Saltz
'Untitled' is a time machine that can transport you to 1992, an edgy moment when the art world was crumbling, money was scarce, and artists… — Jerry Saltz
When money and hype recede from the art world, one thing I won't miss will be what curator Francesco Bonami calls the 'Eventocracy.' All this… — Jerry Saltz
I would say being deeply involved in the art world would help keep a young artist on track. Doing what you love, so that your… — Jada Pinkett Smith
I feel the art world in New York has a stronger following than Britain. If you go to a New York art district on a… — Sam Taylor-Wood
The concept of commercialism in the fashion and art world is looked down upon. You know, just to think, 'What amount of creativity does it… — Kanye West
When you start working, everybody is in your studio- the past, your friends, enemies, the art world, and above all, your own ideas- all are… — John Cage
In the early 1990s we witnessed the emergence of a revitalized contemporary Chinese art world that began as a reaction against the government-approved Social Realist… — Arne Glimcher
As a result of World War II, European artists migrated to America, enlarging the scene and diminishing Paris as the center. America was beginning its… — Arne Glimcher
My parents worked in the art world. They were really supportive of my music in that they allowed me to drop out of school and… — Ed Sheeran
I love to bring humour into my work. Because comedy is not a huge part of the art world. And big-business film takes itself very… — James Franco
It makes me happy to think that this world of art-as-investment is a minuscule fraction of the art world overall. Most people who create, trade… — Adam Davidson
I was interested in making work that physically changed as it circulated through the art world. — Walead Beshty
I have been using polka dots since I was a very young child. Only after that, it seems, have they been used throughout the rest… — Yayoi Kusama
I need to be working with the art world in N.Y.C. as much as I need to be working in my studios in Chicago and… — Michelle Grabner
For me, there has always been a disconnect with the sort of elitist structure of the high-art world - and my distaste for that is… — Shepard Fairey
I have a company that does design and animation, so obviously graffiti is definitely an intricate part of what we admire and respect in the… — Mick Ebeling
There are times when the art world seems like a religious empire. There are great cathedral galleries and pilgrimage sites where treasured art pieces are… — Michael Leunig
I was kind of freaked out by the art world in the 1980s. Just the money thing. All the competition over artists. — Kim Gordon
Stealing things is a glorious occupations, particularly in the art world. — Malcolm Mclaren
Senator Helms might very well do that. I would point out to him that we in the art world are not necessarily in the business… — Jane Alexander
But you know in the contemporary art world, you pose a very interesting conundrum. All sorts of people collect very contemporary art, yet when it… — Michael Tilson Thomas
The Chinese art world does not exist. In a society that restricts individual freedoms and violates human rights, anything that calls itself creative or independent… — Ai Weiwei

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