Jerry Saltz

The last time money left the art world, intrepid types maxed out their credit cards and opened galleries, and a few of them have become the best in the world.

I hate art auctions.

Every artist will one day face the moment when he or she is doing what he or she does after the style has passed and the art-world heat-seeking machine has moved on.

Being famous gets me good concert tickets, good tables in restaurants, good seats at sporting events and that's really about it.

Bureaucracy is a giant mechanism operated by pygmies.

Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please.