Art Quotes
“In every work of art the subject is primordial, whether the artist knows it or not. The measure of the formal qualities is only a sign of the measure of the artist's obsession with his subject the form is always in proportion to the obsession.”
“The contemporary thing in art and literature is the thing which doesn't make enough difference to the people of that generation so that they can accept it or reject it.”
-- Gertrude Stein
“Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it.”
-- Dwight D. Eisenhower
“Megacollectors suppose they can enter art history by spending astronomical amounts.”
-- Jerry Saltz