Author: 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.

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

What I hope is I'll eventually be seen as an actual individual, not as some abstraction - an art dealer running a museum.

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

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

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

Andy Warhol defined Pop Art.

Andy Warhol defined Pop Art.

- Jeffrey Deitch

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.

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

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

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

- Jeffrey Deitch

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.

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

Dennis Hopper is one of the great American lives.

Dennis Hopper is one of the great American lives.

- Jeffrey Deitch

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

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

- Jeffrey Deitch

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