Thomas Hoving Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“The definition of art has changed almost every day since the first artist created the first work at least fifty thousand years ago...”
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“Art is sexy! Art is money-sexy! Art is money-sexy-social-climbing-fantastic!”
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“With each change of definition in art, something considered non-art or bad art by a previous generation is suddenly acceptable.”
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“To appreciate a work of art, is it okay to like what you like, and the heck with the art critics and experts? Absolutely.”
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“There have been countless changes in the long history of art. The most significant have been brought about by the genius of a single artist.”
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“The definition of art has to shift whenever an innovator appears.”
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“Art happens when anyone in the world takes any kind of material and fashions it into a deliberate statement.”
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“Even if virtually anything can be art, there are levels of quality.”
-- Thomas Hoving
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