The judge presiding over the Zwiner/Robins suit
“The most opinionated group of people outside the Vatican.”
Richard Armstrong, Director Guggenheim Museum
“I like that it isn’t regulated”
Gerry Saltz, critic
“Although it reveres the unconventional it is rife with conformity.”
Sarah Thornton in Seven days and nights in the art world
"The art world is now a slave of mass culture. We have a sound-bite culture and so we have sound-bite art."
Matthew Collings, art writer and critic
“It is the real world in microcosim. The same principles adhere, the same passions and sins, There is good as well as bad, and I have met some delightful people, some scum, and one or two who could be called noble.”
Sophy Burnham in her book The art crowd
“The first rule is you cater to the masses or you kow-tow to the elite; you can’t have both.”
Ben Hecht, film director and writer
“Very conspicuous consumption, very private gratification.”
David Zwirner, art dealer
