Sarah Thornton Quotes

#1. Our lives are constantly changing. Different things become relevant at different times in our lives. We are motivated by our changing sensibilities. Why can that not be applied to art?

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#2. Who, in 2007, would have thought that a drawing by Willem De Kooning would be a safer asset than shares in Lehman Brothers? By autumn 2008, this would clearly be the case.

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#3. Indeed, being an artist is not just a job but an identity dependent on a broad range of extracurricular intelligences.

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#4. Many outsiders see the art world as elitist and it is, except it is also oddly down-to-earth and embracing of oddballs who don't fit in well anywhere else.

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#5. Unlike those in other professions, artists cut the branch they are sitting on.

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#6. I have to agree with Artforum publisher Charles Guarino: "It's the place where I found the most kindred spirits - enough oddball, overeducated, anachronistic, anarchic people to make me happy." Finally,

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#7. Their hatred is so passionate that I can't help but wonder if they're attracted to each other.

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#8. Art is not supposed to repeat what you already know. It is supposed to ask questions.

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#9. Art needs motives that are more profound than profit if it is to maintain its difference from - and position above - other cultural forms.

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#10. Art is not a job for an artist, just as religion is not a job for a priest." He runs his fingers through his hair again. "Sometimes I see myself as almost like an academic. My artworks are not really products; they are papers that you write when you have finalized a strain of thought.

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#11. Art is more like real estate than stocks. Some Warhols are like studio apartments in midblock buildings with northern exposures, while other Warhols are penthouse properties with 360-degree views. A share of Cisco, however, is always just a share of Cisco. Judging

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#12. In Wangechi Mutu's mother tongue, Kikuyu, there is no word for "artist." The closest term is something like "magician" or "a person who uses objects and imbues them with meaning and power,

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#13. I'm an atheist, but I believe in art. I go to galleries like my mother went to church. It helps me understand the way I live.

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#14. Politics, kinship, and craft also happen to embrace some of the most important things in life: caring about your influence on the world, connecting meaningfully with others, and working hard to create something worthwhile.

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