I would no more quarrel with a man because of his religion than I would because of his art.

So long as the system of competition in the production and exchange of the means of life goes on, the degradation of the arts will go on and if that system is to last for ever, then art is doomed, and will surely die that is to say, civilization will die.

Poor Georgia O'Keeffe. Death didn't soften the opinions of the art world toward her paintings.

I've always said that an art critic can put aside politics around art.

Megacollectors suppose they can enter art history by spending astronomical amounts.