“It is weird when one of those copies is put out on the display to observe people taking the thing so seriously. You see hordes of unsmiling art-worshippers craning their heads around the object, staring at it for ages, standing back, looking at it from all angles. It’s a urinal! It’s not even the original. The art is in the idea, not the object.” ArtUrinalDuchamp Book:What Are You Looking At?: 150 Years of Modern Art in a Nutshell Source: What Are You Looking At?: 150 Years of Modern Art in a Nutshell
“Group shows are always much harder to present to the public because there's a theme to the show. They always do less well because a theme is a harder thing for people to grapple with than a monographic idea.” People Author:Will Gompertz
“I don't think ever before in the whole of human history has so much art been made, bought, and sold. It's a massive international business. So, I think there's a lot of reasons why the art world as opened up and I think on the whole, it's far better for it.” ThinkingWorldArtReasonArt Is Author:Will Gompertz
“I think art world will have consolidated, I think it will slow down a little bit. I think it will be less white and Western, which it is still at the moment. There will be more female artists in the mix. I think we'll see art forms explored through different media - the Internet, television, books, even. We'll see art produced in forms and media that we haven't seen yet.” ThinkingWorldArtBookDifferentMomentsArtistInternetFemaleWesternSlow Down Author:Will Gompertz
“We're moving from a generation who gave little thought as to the built environment and accepted housing that was neither pleasant to look at, nor to live in or around, to a new century where there's a real desire for housing that's affordable, flexible, and places community at the heart of its thinking. For architects and the public it's an enticing prospect.” ThinkingHeartRealMovingDesireCommunityEnvironmentAcceptedArchitectAffordableEnticing Author:Will Gompertz
