Art Quote by Jerry Saltz

My theory with the auctions has been to try to make them like a party, like a social event. If people are having a…

— Paul Brown

I hate art auctions.

— Jerry Saltz

Auctions are bizarre combinations of slave market, trading floor, theatre and burlesque... a lot of people are going to be making a lot of…

— Jerry Saltz

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,…

— Jerry Saltz

The best works do not necessarily get to auction. I like to draw, so maybe I give you a little drawing. And then eventually…

— Marlene Dumas

Art is like an avalanche being poured down your throat. You know it's going to crack, eventually it's going to go out of fashion.…

— Laurence Graff

By and large, the making of serious, thoughtful and occasionally valuable art has become a lonely persuasion, while the marketing of art has become…

— Abe Ajay

The Art we look at is made by only a select few. A small group create, promote, purchase, exhibit and decide the success of…

— Banksy

It is a myth that art has to be sold. It is not like stocking a grocery store where people fill a pushcart. Art…

— Jack White

You don't own art. What does that mean? We are trustees of art. Art is in transit with us. That is why an auction…

— Pierre Berge

Auctions typically are an opportunity for you to be able to acquire what you're looking for at a lower price; typically, the auctioneer sets…

— Alexander Gilkes

It is only an auctioneer who can equally and impartially admire all schools of art.

— Oscar Wilde