“It’s tangible, it’s solid, it’s beautful. It’s artisitic, from my standpoint, and I just love real estate”” -Donald Trump 712
How can anybody learn anything from an artwork when the piece of art only reflects the vanity of the artist and not reality? 1.95K
If a patron buys from an artist who needs money, the patron then makes himself equal to the artist; he is building art into the world; he creates. 772
I often find myself privately stewing about much British art, thinking that except for their tremendous gardens, that the English are not primarily visual artists, and are, in nearly unsurpassable ways, literary. 2.47K
Many art-worlders have an if-you-say-so approach to art: Everyone is so scared of missing out on the next hot artist that it’s never clear whether people are liking work because they like it or because other people do. Everyone is keeping up with the Joneses, and there are more Joneses than ever. 660
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 go for around $1,200, they look at me like I’m a flesh-eating virus. 2.3K
Robert Rauschenberg was not a giant of American art; he was the giant. No American created so many aesthetic openings for so many artists. 683
The artist must create a spark before he can make a fire and before art is born, the artist must be ready to be consumed by the fire of his own creation. 669
