Art Quote by Claes Oldenburg

There's a radical change in the relationship with the human being and society. Art now is an open conversation with the society. Previously there…

— Lawrence Weiner

I just wish the crowd I was associated with was more passionate about what they were doing and less consumed with the commerce of…

— Shia LaBeouf

The art world is a bit smaller than the music world, and the music world is a bit smaller than the cinema world. But…

— Richard Prince

I don't think ever before in the whole of human history has so much art been made, bought, and sold. It's a massive international…

— Will Gompertz

Art as an aesthetic principle was supported by thousands of years of discernment and psychic rewards, but art as a commodity was held up…

— Steve Martin

I don't really know about the art world.

— Ryuichi Sakamoto

The art market was very different before the mid-1980s: then, art was all about passion, whereas now it's become a commodity.

— Adam Clayton

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

Art has a smaller audience than, say, movies or other forms of mass consumption. But that doesn't mean the work doesn't have an impact…

— Todd Solondz

The most wonderful time to be in the art world was in the sixties, because it wasn't a business - there was no business…

— Arne Glimcher

I think the role of artists in the past was very different. Artists had less responsibility in many ways.

— Marina Abramovic

Listen! There was never an artistic period. There was never an art-loving nation.

— James Whistler