Top 21 Quotes by Jeffrey Deitch

Many of the museum directors who make an impact personally curate exhibitions.

I believe that an art exhibition can be engaging, fun and deeply intellectually satisfying and serious. These are not contradictory concepts in art.

Art, film, fashion, music are all going on and interacting simultaneously. And L.A. is very receptive to that fusion.

Every day you run into artists on the streets in SoHo or other creative people you want to do something with. There's nothing to match that chance encounter.

One of the biggest things happening in the art world is this idea of expansion. No one embodies this aspect of what art is becoming better than James Franco.

What I hope is I'll eventually be seen as an actual individual, not as some abstraction - an art dealer running a museum.

Disney is our contemporary landscape. The best art will reflect that and challenge you. Disney comforts you, whereas the best art shakes up your comfort level and perception.

Andy Warhol defined Pop Art.

Sometimes you do a sound installation, and the first day or two it is very exciting. Then you are hearing this every day for a month, and it becomes like a torture.

After pop art, graffiti is probably the biggest art movement in recent history to have such an impact on culture.