Art Quotes
“Abstract Expressionism - the first American movement to have a worldwide influence - was remarkably short-lived: It heated up after World War II and was all but done for by 1960 (although visit any art school today and you'll find a would-be Willem de Kooning).”
“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