Art requires neither complaisance nor politeness nothing but faith, faith and freedom. – Gustave Flaubert
Our ignorance of history causes us to slander our own times. – Gustave Flaubert

Art requires neither complaisance nor politeness nothing but faith, faith and freedom. – Gustave Flaubert
Our ignorance of history causes us to slander our own times. – Gustave Flaubert
Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who cannot attain it in anything. – Gustave Flaubert
The cult of art gives pride one never has too much of it. – Gustave Flaubert
When money and hype recede from the art world, one thing I wont miss will be what curator Francesco Bonami calls the Eventocracy. All this flashy art-fair art and those highly produced space-eating spectacles and installations wow you for a minute until you move on to the next adrenaline event. – Jerry Saltz
My mother told me Homer Ditto was not my father. Nope. Mom had had a fling with some other guy who was my dad. Some dude who didnt stick around too long who Mom was happy to get rid of. She chose Homer, and Homer chose me, so he lent me his name even though I didnt have his blood. – Beth Ditto