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Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artis

Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience. – Rebecca West

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It is a great pity that every human being does not, at an early stage of his life, have to write a historical work. He would then realize that the human race is in quite a jam about truth. – Rebecca West

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History
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It is sometimes very hard to tell the difference between history and the smell of skunk. – Rebecca West

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History
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Everyone realizes that one can believe little of what people say about each other. But it is not so widely realized that even less can one trust what people say about themselves. – Rebecca West

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Trust
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Many say an art dealer running a museum is a conflict of interest. But maybe the art world has lived an artificial or unintentional lie all of these years when it comes to conflicts of interest. – Jerry Saltz

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Art

I think of art, at its most significant, as a DEW line, a Distant Early Warning system that can always be relied on to tell the old culture what is beginning to happen to it. – Marshall McLuhan

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Art

Art is magic delivered from the lie of being truth. – Theodor Adorno

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Art

Of course art world ethics are important. But museums are no purer than any other institution or business. Academics arent necessarily more high-minded than gallerists. – Jerry Saltz

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Art

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