Aesthetic Quote by Jerry Saltz

One argument goes that recessions are good for female artists because when money flies out the window, women are allowed in the house. The…

— Jerry Saltz

Kinkade estimated that one of his paintings hung in every twenty homes in America. Yet the art world unanimously ignores or reviles him. Me…

— Jerry Saltz

The German ueber-photographer Andreas Gursky was the perfect pre-9/11 artist.

— Jerry Saltz

The debut show, “Second Lives: Remixing the Ordinary,” is supposed to be about how artists reuse humble or unusual materials. There’s good work here,…

— Jerry Saltz

While the space for artists and curators has increased enormously, maybe, just maybe, that's left room for too many people calling themselves artists and…

— Jerry Saltz

Those who love him love that he sells the most art; they take it as a point of faith that this proves Kinkade is…

— 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…

— Jerry Saltz

I love art dealers. In some ways, they're my favorite people in the art world. Really. I love that they put their money where…

— Jerry Saltz

My nominee for Best Picture of the year - maybe the best picture ever, because it's essentially made up of and is an ecstatic…

— Jerry Saltz

Many things happened in the sixties, but the period is no more significant, better, or more 'political' than today. It's time to turn the…

— Jerry Saltz

When people in stadiums do the Wave, it's the group-mind collective organism spontaneously organizing itself to express an emotion, pass time, and reflect the…

— Jerry Saltz

Few contemporary artists mined the space between the ordinary and the strange better than Orozco did.

— Jerry Saltz