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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Damien Hirst is the Elvis of the English art world, its ayatollah, deliverer, and big-thinking entrepreneurial potty-mouthed prophet and front man. Hirst synthesizes punk, Pop Art, Jeff Koons, Marcel Duchamp, Francis Bacon, and Catholicism. – Jerry Saltz

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Art
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One argument goes that recessions are good for female artists because when money flies out the window, women are allowed in the house. The other claims that when money ebbs, so do prospects for women. – Jerry Saltz

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A metaphysical tour de force of untethered meaning and involuting interlocking contrapuntal rhythms, The Clock is more than a movie or even a work of art. It is so strange and other-ish that it becomes a stream-of-consciousness algorithm unto itself – something almost inhuman. – Jerry Saltz

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More than art, more than literature, music is universally accessible. – Billy Joel

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Life is very nice, but it lacks form. Its the aim of art to give it some. – Jean Anouilh

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Id like to introduce someone who has just come into my life. Ive admired him for 35 years. Hes someone who represents integrity, honesty, art, and on top of that stuff Im actually sleeping with him. – Shirley MacLaine

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I love prints of skulls and bones and have some taxidermy – a crow and a rabbit – to remind me of home. I like art and have a big portrait of Bjork. – Ellie Goulding

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Not only did I avoid speaking of Salinger I resisted thinking about him. I did not reread his letters to me. The experience had been too painful. – Joyce Maynard

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Better bend than break. – Scottish Proverb

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You never have to change anything you got up in the middle of the night to write. – Saul Bellow

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Fame often makes a writer vain, but seldom makes him proud. – W. H. Auden

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