“Since art is dead in the actual life of civilized nations, it has been relegated to these grotesque morgues, museums.” Has BeensArtNationsArt IsCivilizedMuseumsGrotesqueActual LifeCivilized NationsMorgues Author:Walter Gropius
“Sometimes we forget that if we do not encourage new work now, we will lose all touch with the work of the past we claim to love. If art is not living in a continuous present, it is living in a museum, only those working now can complete the circuit between the past, present and future energies we call art.” IfsArtSometimesPastEnergyLosesForgetArt IsClaimsMuseumsCircuitsPast PresentPast Present And FutureNew WorkWorking Now Author:Jeanette Winterson
“Our time and attention is scarce. Art is not that important to us, no matter what we might like to believe... Our love of art is often quite temporary, dependent upon our moods, and our love of art is subservient to our demand for a positive self image. How we look at art should account for those imperfections and work around them. Keep in mind that books, like art museums, are not always geared to the desires of the reader. Maybe we think we are supposed to like tough books, but are we? Who says? Many writers (and art museums) produce for quite a small subsample of the... public.” ThinkingShouldMindBelieveLooksArtImportantBookSelfMatterMightDesireAttentionProduceReaderDemandArt IsToughAccountsNo Matter WhatMoodOur TimeDependentTemporaryMuseumsImperfectionOur LoveScarceSubservientPositive SelfPositive Self Image Author:Tyler Cowen
“Art is not an investment. Art is something you buy because you are financially solvent enough to give yourself a pleasure of living with great works rather than having to just see them in museums. People who are buying art at the top of the market as an investment are foolish.” PeopleGivingArtEnoughPleasureArt IsInvestmentFoolishBuyingMuseumsGreat WorkBuying Art Author:Arne Glimcher
“Art is the closest you can get to immortality, though it's a poor substitute - you're working for people not yet born - and people want it because it is brilliant. It ends up in museums anyway; the rich have to give it back to the people, it's their only option. There are no pockets in a shroud.” PeopleWantGivingArtEndsBornPoorRichArt IsBrilliantImmortalityPocketsSubstitutesMuseumsClosestShrouds Author:Damien Hirst
“I can pick out people in this city to follow. I can be in a show at the Museum of Modern Art, my space in the Museum of Modern Art is my mailbox, my mail is delivered there. Whenever I want mail, I have to go through this city to get my mail.” PeopleWantArtI CanShowsSpaceCitiesModernPicksArt IsMuseumsMailModern ArtMailboxesMy Space Author:Vito Acconci
“The cinema was certainly an art, but television can't be, because it is the museum of accidents. In other words, its art is to be the site where all accidents happen. But that's its only art.” ArtHappensTelevisionArt IsAccidentsCinemaMuseumsSiteAccidents Happen Author:Paul Virilio
“Great Art is Great because it inspired you greatly. If it didn't, no matter what the critics, the museums and the galleries say, it's not great art for you.” IfsArtMatterArt IsNo Matter WhatCriticsInspiredMuseumsGreat ArtGallery Author:Yoko Ono
“The role of a museum of modern art is to make a good selection and identify what we believe to be the coming movements, and that requires taste.” BelieveArtRolesModernMovementTasteArt IsMuseumsSelectionModern Art Author:David Rockefeller
“A sad fact of life lately at the Museum of Modern Art is that when it comes to group shows of contemporary painting from the collection, the bar has been set pretty low.” Has BeensArtFactsShowsGroupsModernPaintingLowsArt IsBarsContemporaryCollectionsMuseumsFacts Of LifeModern Art Author:Jerry Saltz
“The Metropolitan Museum of Art is unsurpassed at presenting more than 50 centuries of work. I go there constantly, seeing things over and over, better than I've ever seen them before.” ArtSeeingCenturyArt IsMuseumsPresentingMetropolitanMetropolitan Museum Of Art Author:Jerry Saltz
“As far as I can tell the only thing worth looking at in most museums of art is all the schoolgirls on daytrips with the art departments.” ArtI CanArt IsDepartmentMuseums Author:Banksy