Art Quote by Debbie Millman

Two main groups like to drop the readymade bomb—galleries and art historians. Galleries love to drop the Duchamp brand because dealers can try to…

— Paddy Johnson

I simply loathe the crude 1960s distinctions between commerce and art. For me, Warhol and pop obliterated all of those separations - that was…

— Peter Marino

Duchamp is known for calling a thing art, rather than making it. A lot of that is picked up in pop art, too.

— Claes Oldenburg

“The 'value' of particular artists after Duchamp can be weighed according to how much they questioned the nature of art.”

— Joseph Kosuth

While artists fervently believe that the art marketplace was invented by the devil and remains in his henchman's hands, they have no choice but…

— Eric Maisel

“ART VS. COMMERCE he artist stood back to view the geometric precision of his latest creation. "Beautiful," he murmured, "but will it sell?" No…

— Steve Moss

“As creators and consumers they fill the field of pop culture today, which is an economic enterprise and only by accident occasionally has something…

— Dallas Willard

“All credit to the men who invented paint and canvas, but there’s more credit, eh? to the Raphaels and Holbeins who used those discoveries!…

— Sinclair Lewis

“The industrialist (your boss, perhaps) demands that everything be proven, efficient, and risk free. The artist seeks none of these. The value of art…

— Seth Godin

The artist is seen like a producer of commodities, like a factory that turns our refrigerators.

— Sol LeWitt

There's always been an ongoing struggle between commerce and art.

— Thomas Schlamme

I think the collectors have made an enormous contribution, not only to the market but to painters themselves... These people that buy, that set…

— Philip Johnson