"Artforum is to art what Vogue is to fashion and Rolling Stone was to rock and roll."
"The one essential thing: it cannot follow the market. Nor should it try actively to influence the market. It has to have its own point of view. It has to be honest. After that, clarity of writing, purity of design."
"Art critics are just spectators who say what they think...Don't things live not just by direct experience of them but by rumor, discussion, argument, and fantasy?"
"...If you start supporting artist who don't deserve it on in a manner that seems like overkill, you will drive your readers away and undermine your own credibility...There's some art that we jut don't touch…I have no idea why it sells or why people care."
"Contributors don't necessarily like each other's style; some are divas who resist being edited. 'I have relationships with a lot of writers. At a certain point, one suffers that beleaguered feeling of agents dealing with stars."
"A critic is a detective. You look at all this and you just try to make it mean something... It's a matter of trying to create meaning in these things in the world around you and giving art a place where it can resonate."
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