The new job of art is to sit on the wall and get more expensive.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
People go to see beautiful paintings to see how much they cost. Wow. The practical value is that it shows you what the human spirit can do.
What the art world has done, it has been constantly been pushing the boundaries about what art can be. It's like expanding its territory.
I think most art comes out of poverty and hard times.
Art is the ultimate luxury good, but one that can make you think, give a you a blast of beauty and enhance your life. Even if the work's made of plasticine.
Artists rarely do the same thing over and over again. Art is about the new, doing things in a new way.
Make good art.
The work of art shows people new directions and thinks of the future. The house thinks of the present.
Art for art's sake, money for God's sake.
Art is about building a new foundation, not just laying something on top of what's already there.
It makes me happy to think that this world of art-as-investment is a minuscule fraction of the art world overall. Most people who create, trade and own art do it for a much simpler reason. They just like it.
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