I don't like most contemporary art. But I think if you talked to any person who's heavily involved in contemporary art, they'd say the same thing. If you go to a biennale, you don't expect to like much of it. Tom Rachman artbiennalecontemporary share on social
Color is everywhere, so everything has changed. I still can't see color, but I can perceive it. I can experience it in a way that allows me to be a part of this reality, which I was excluded from before. Thanks to the eyeborg, I've made a career by combining music and art. Neil Harbisson artcareerchange share on social
Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage. H. L. Mencken artcagecircus Change image and share on social
I also take pleasure in the so-called negative power in Grotjahn's work. That is, I love his paintings for what they are not. Unlike much art of the past decade, Grotjahn isn't simply working from a prescribed checklist of academically acceptable, curator-approved 'isms' and twists. Jerry Saltz academicallyacceptableapprove share on social
The notion that the public accepts or rejects anything in modern art is merely romantic fiction. The game is completed and the trophies distributed long before the public knows what has happened. Tom Wolfe acceptartcomplete Change image and share on social
With almost no exceptions, art by men is much more expensive than art by women. Even great women artists, like Louise Bourgeois and Lee Krasner, are only fully embraced very late in their career. Siri Hustvedt artartistbourgeois Change image and share on social
I am a poor man and of little worth, who is laboring in that art that God has given me in order to extend my life as long as possible. Michelangelo artextendgod Change image and share on social
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. Marc Chagall artauthenticbad share on social
I love going to art galleries. The Tate Modern is one of my favourite things to do. But I don't invest in the history of it and I don't read up on it. I am a guy who would buy a print rather than buy an original. James McAvoy artbuyfavourite share on social
