Quote by Jerry Saltz
Works of art often last forever, or nearly so. But exhibitions the

Works of art often last forever, or nearly so. But exhibitions themselves, especially gallery exhibitions, are like flowers they bloom and then they die, then exist only as memories, or pressed in magazines and books. – Jerry Saltz

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Not to say people shouldnt get rich from art. I adore the alchemy wherein artists who cast a complex spell make rich people give them their money. (Just writing it makes me cackle.) But too many artists have been making money without magic. – Jerry Saltz

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art is unsurpassed at presenting more than 50 centuries of work. I go there constantly, seeing things over and over, better than Ive ever seen them before. – Jerry Saltz

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The Panorama is also the last place anywhere in New York where the World Trade Center still stands, whole, as it stood in the early morning of September 11. I can also see the corner where I saw the first tower fall and howled out loud. Seeing the buildings again here is uplifting, healing. – Jerry Saltz

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Shadows sometimes people dont see shadows. The Chinese of course never paint them in pictures, oriental art never deals with shadow. But I noticed these shadows and I knew it meant it was sunny. – David Hockney

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History has remembered the kings and warriors, because they destroyed art has remembered the people, because they created. – William Morris

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Evil is done without effort, naturally, it is the working of fate good is always the product of an art. – Charles Baudelaire

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My love of fine art increased – the more of it I saw, the more of it I wanted to see. – Paul Getty

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I turned on VH1 this morning just to get a little warm-up before I came over here, and I think its just terrific. Theres so much great stuff: diverse and wonderful music, good performances, great looking girls, great videos, the whole thing. – Debbie Harry

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