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Jeffrey Deitch Quotes

Every day you run into artists on the streets in SoHo or other creative people you want to do something with. There’s nothing to match that chance encounter Picture Quote #1

When you go out skating with your friends, you need one friend who knows how to take a good picture. Without the picture, there is no proof that you pulled the trick Picture Quote #1

Street culture is punk, hip-hop, skateboarding, surfing, graffiti. It’s like a massive global culture that is all tied together. But for so many years it was very geographic Picture Quote #1

From 1940 to the present, the art world - and particularly Los Angeles - has undergone a transformation not unlike the Italian Renaissance Picture Quote #1

What I hope is I’ll eventually be seen as an actual individual, not as some abstraction - an art dealer running a museum Picture Quote #1

We use the term pop in the art world, as in Pop Art, but we forget that its root is popular - popular culture Picture Quote #1

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We’re in a post-conceptual era where it’s really the artist’s idea and vision that are prized rather than the ability to master the crafts that support the work. Today, our understanding of an artist is closer to a philosopher than to a craftsman Picture Quote #1

One of the biggest things happening in the art world is this idea of expansion. No one embodies this aspect of what art is becoming better than James Franco Picture Quote #1

In the 1970s when I started in the art world, no self-respecting artist would have stood in line to try to get on a television show. It never would have happened Picture Quote #1

I want to use whatever connections to get a super-outstanding Basquiat in the White House. It could be one of mine. It could be something that a friend owns Picture Quote #1

There is a constant ebb and flow in art historical reputations. The reputation of even the greatest figures like Picasso are in flux Picture Quote #1

Disney is our contemporary landscape. The best art will reflect that and challenge you. Disney comforts you, whereas the best art shakes up your comfort level and perception Picture Quote #1

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Part of my agenda has been to support art that engages life with people Picture Quote #1

Many of the museum directors who make an impact personally curate exhibitions Picture Quote #1

Art dealing is when you’re doing it as a business Picture Quote #1

Sometimes you do a sound installation, and the first day or two it is very exciting. Then you are hearing this every day for a month, and it becomes like a torture Picture Quote #1

I believe that an art exhibition can be engaging, fun and deeply intellectually satisfying and serious. These are not contradictory concepts in art Picture Quote #1

Celebrity has become, for better or worse, an art form. An artist can use themselves as a medium to become a celebrity as a walking work of art Picture Quote #1

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After pop art, graffiti is probably the biggest art movement in recent history to have such an impact on culture Picture Quote #1

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Every day you run into artists on the streets in SoHo or other creative people you want to do something with. There’s nothing to match that chance encounter (Jeffrey Deitch Quotes) When you go out skating with your friends, you need one friend who knows how to take a good picture. Without the picture, there is no proof that you pulled the trick. (Jeffrey Deitch Quotes) Street culture is punk, hip-hop, skateboarding, surfing, graffiti. It’s like a massive global culture that is all tied together. But for so many years it was very geographic. (Jeffrey Deitch Quotes) From 1940 to the present, the art world - and particularly Los Angeles - has undergone a transformation not unlike the Italian Renaissance. (Jeffrey Deitch Quotes) What I hope is I’ll eventually be seen as an actual individual, not as some abstraction - an art dealer running a museum. (Jeffrey Deitch Quotes) We use the term pop in the art world, as in Pop Art, but we forget that its root is popular - popular culture. (Jeffrey Deitch Quotes) We’re in a post-conceptual era where it’s really the artist’s idea and vision that are prized rather than the ability to master the crafts that support the work. Today, our understanding of an artist is closer to a philosopher than to a craftsman (Jeffrey Deitch Quotes) One of the biggest things happening in the art world is this idea of expansion. No one embodies this aspect of what art is becoming better than James Franco (Jeffrey Deitch Quotes) In the 1970s when I started in the art world, no self-respecting artist would have stood in line to try to get on a television show. It never would have happened (Jeffrey Deitch Quotes) I want to use whatever connections to get a super-outstanding Basquiat in the White House. It could be one of mine. It could be something that a friend owns (Jeffrey Deitch Quotes) There is a constant ebb and flow in art historical reputations. The reputation of even the greatest figures like Picasso are in flux (Jeffrey Deitch Quotes) Disney is our contemporary landscape. The best art will reflect that and challenge you. Disney comforts you, whereas the best art shakes up your comfort level and perception (Jeffrey Deitch Quotes) Part of my agenda has been to support art that engages life with people (Jeffrey Deitch Quotes) Many of the museum directors who make an impact personally curate exhibitions (Jeffrey Deitch Quotes) Art dealing is when you’re doing it as a business (Jeffrey Deitch Quotes) Sometimes you do a sound installation, and the first day or two it is very exciting. Then you are hearing this every day for a month, and it becomes like a torture (Jeffrey Deitch Quotes) I believe that an art exhibition can be engaging, fun and deeply intellectually satisfying and serious. These are not contradictory concepts in art (Jeffrey Deitch Quotes) Celebrity has become, for better or worse, an art form. An artist can use themselves as a medium to become a celebrity as a walking work of art (Jeffrey Deitch Quotes) After pop art, graffiti is probably the biggest art movement in recent history to have such an impact on culture (Jeffrey Deitch Quotes)