Art Quote by Will Gompertz

Bilbao opened in 1997. It was only ten years later that I was asked to do another museum. A lot of other people got…

— Frank Gehry

The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao looks like a great adventure.

— Eduardo Chillida

I do quite like Gehry's Guggenheim. But where in Bilbao it's seen as an outgrowth of years of investment in urban design and engineering,…

— David Chipperfield

“Art is not like other culture because its success is not made by its audience. The public fills concert halls and cinemas every day,…

— Banksy

I like what Barcelona is doing. This city almost perfectly combines its natural advantages with cultural attractions, IT parks and first-rate educational opportunities. The…

— Charles Landry

“Museum architectural search committees have invariably included the Kimbell in their international scouting tours of exemplary art galleries (a practice pioneered by Velma Kimbell,…

— Martin Filler

When you go to an art gallery you are simply a tourist looking at the trophy cabinet of a few millionaires.

— Banksy

Barcelona is a beautiful city. I love the buildings and the architecture and always enjoy being close to that. It makes sense as an…

— Kim Bodnia

I have friends in France who are artists. I go to gallery openings and things like that.

— Anthony Geary

The art business is a rarified business and appeals to an audience capable of spending money on a luxury. Too often the atmosphere in…

— Scott Kahn

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

“When art as an expression starts to appear, without prompting, all over the suburbs and villages of this country, what we are saying is:…

— Binyavanga Wainaina