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" In aristocratic societies, rich people used to commission exquisite paintings for their walls. "

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" Cubism is still the most important art movement for the same reason that John D. is still the most important Rockefeller. "

" New Wave art was the rage of the eighties. Now it's exhibited in oldies-but-goodies museums, usually in black-and-pink frames. "

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" Many of the contradictions in Postmodern art come from the fact that we're trying to be artists in a democratic society. This is because in a democracy, the ideal is compromise. In art, it isn't. "

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" Style is the most valuable asset of the modern artist. That's probably why so many styles are reported lost or stolen each year. "

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" All the other kids in ninth grade were drawing hot rods and cocker spaniels and getting blue ribbons in art class. I was getting rejection slips from the 'Saturday Evening Post.' "

" Commercial art is traditionally delivered to a client in a brown-paper bag with an invoice stapled to the outside. "

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" Postmodernists believe that truth is myth, and myth, truth. This equation has its roots in pop psychology. The same people also believe that emotions are a form of reality. There used to be another name for this state of mind. It used to be called psychosis. "

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