Thomas Hoving quotes
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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...”
-- Thomas HovingSource : Thomas Hoving (2011). “Art For Dummies”, p.37, John Wiley & Sons
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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.”
-- Thomas HovingSource : Thomas Hoving (2011). “Art For Dummies”, p.42, John Wiley & Sons
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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.”
-- Thomas HovingSource : Thomas Hoving (2011). “Art For Dummies”, p.39, John Wiley & Sons
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“The definition of art has to shift whenever an innovator appears.”
-- Thomas HovingSource : Thomas Hoving (2011). “Art For Dummies”, p.37, John Wiley & Sons
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“Art happens when anyone in the world takes any kind of material and fashions it into a deliberate statement.”
-- Thomas HovingSource : Thomas Hoving (2011). “Art For Dummies”, p.38, John Wiley & Sons
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“Even if virtually anything can be art, there are levels of quality.”
-- Thomas HovingSource : Thomas Hoving (2011). “Art For Dummies”, p.39, John Wiley & Sons
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Source : A. Bartlett Giamatti (1981). “The University and the Public Interest”, Atheneum Books
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“The loss of enemies does not compensate for the loss of friends.”
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“Our strategy is to destroy the enemy from within, to conquer him through himself.”
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“A man obsessed: obsessed with perfection, sharing, aesthetics, taste, savoir-faire, and much more.”
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