Art Quote by Jerry Saltz

I try to avoid the 'art world' as much as possible. It's too much about fads and fashions - who's getting the best prices…

— Cornelia Parker

I've had to sell a lot of art, which I've hated to do because I really love the art I have.

— Agnes Gund

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

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

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

I am not opposed to the art market. I have lots of friends who are collectors. But the whole idea of the art market…

— Olafur Eliasson

Auction houses run a rigged game. They know exactly how many people will be bidding on a work and exactly who they are. In…

— Jerry Saltz

I hate painting.

— Howard Hodgkin

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

— Oscar Wilde

I hate art as a be-all and an end-all.

— Leo Sayer

I hate it when people say that art shouldnt be a commodity. A lot of the rooms in museums, and all the Frieze week…

— Grayson Perry

I don't enjoy art.

— Willie Cauley-Stein