Mean Quote by Philip Taaffe

I don't think [price] reflects if the work is good or bad.A good artist shouldn't be nervous about that.

— Ai Weiwei

As an artist, it's been clear that the price of art has nothing to do with you, it has to do with an idea…

— Liam Gillick

A painting probably is the most shocking increase in value, from what it costs to make to what you sell it for.

— Damien Hirst

The thing is that the money issue looms so large in art now. And it has absolutely nothing to do with art. If you're…

— Joe Bradley

To give a price to an artwork, no matter how high or low, is always absurd. It's not something that can be measured by…

— Ai Weiwei

People go to see beautiful paintings to see how much they cost. Wow. The practical value is that it shows you what the human…

— John Guare

There is a complete difference between art and the art market. Prices are high now for the simple reason that there are people are…

— Michael Craig-Martin

These days, newish art can be priced between $10,000 and $25,000. When I tell artists that a new painting by a newish artist should…

— Jerry Saltz

Van Gogh was so under appreciated in his time, he sold only one of his 900 paintings while alive. Posthumously, he became one of…

— Vincent Van Gogh

Picasso didn't stop painting when he was 41 years old because he felt he wasn't relevant, but he kept going and the painting he…

— Peter Frampton

Money messes up everything. It ruins art. The second you start putting price tags on this stuff, it's... Art isn't for just the wealthy.…

— John Gourley

Does any art have a practical value? People love to talk about how expensive a painting is. That's the only way we can talk…

— John Guare