“Kitsch makes things that are pretty as representations, but ugly as art, modern artists made things that are ugly as representations but beautiful as art.” ArtMadeBeautifulArtistModernUglyRepresentationModern ArtKitsch Author:Mike Curran
“Like many members of the uncultured, Cheez-It consuming public, I am not good at grasping modern art.” ArtModernMembersConsumingGraspingModern Art Book:Dave Barry Is Not Taking This Sitting Down Source: Dave Barry Is Not Taking This Sitting Down
“...if you think of modern art like sex in all its forms - heterosexual, bisexual, homosexual, multipartnered, bestial, whatever, with absolutely no holds barred and with everything available and permissible - that would be modern art.” IfsThinkingArtWould BeFormSexModernAvailableHomosexualBisexualModern Art Author:Eve Arnold
“To have a museum like the Museum of Modern Art in New York is to have power. I don't have any interest in being the director of an institution that has power.” ArtInterestModernNew YorkDirectorsInstitutionsMuseumsModern Art Author:Luis Gonzalez
“Speed, the fundamental condition of the activities of our day is the power of photography, indeed the modern art of today, the art of the split second.” ArtTodayModernConditionsActivityPhotographyFundamentalsSpeedSplitsModern Art Book:Lisette Model Source: Lisette Model
“I cannot understand why some people try to write a history of photography that is separated from the history of modern art.” PeopleWritingTryingArtModernPhotographyModern ArtHistory Of Photography Author:Jean-Francois Chevrier
“I visited the Museum of Modern Art and viewed the exhibition of Picasso's sculptures, and I couldn't help but think about what it would be like to have a room full of school children explore Picasso's approach to making art.” ThinkingChildrenArtHelpingWould BeSchoolRoomsModernApproachMuseumsSculptureExhibitionsModern Art Author:Jerry Pinkney