Art Quotes
“When I am finishing a picture, I hold some God-made object up to it - a rock, a flower, the branch of a tree or my hand - as a final test. If the painting stands up beside a thing man cannot make, the painting is authentic. If there's a clash between the two, it's bad art.”
“The last time money left the art world, intrepid types maxed out their credit cards and opened galleries, and a few of them have become the best in the world.”
-- Jerry Saltz
“Art is changing. Again. Here. Now. Opportunities to witness this are rare, so attend and observe.”
-- Jerry Saltz
“Freedom in art, freedom in society, this is the double goal towards which all consistent and logical minds must strive.”
-- Victor Hugo
“The problem is that once the rules of art are debunked, and once the unpleasant realities the irony diagnoses are revealed and diagnosed, 'then' what do we do?”
-- David Foster Wallace