A word is a thought, of course. But any image, including a photograph, may become an instrument of sufficiently lucid cogitation..

All artists and creative people are basically unhappy people. If you were happy, that would mean you were content with the world as it was and why wo….

It's possible I am the only art critic that a lot of people read. And maybe Robert Hughes, if he's still writing..

There's art that I would readily buy if I could afford it, and enjoy, but would never write about because it doesn't seem significant..

I'm absolutely convinced that people cannot look and read at the same time. Not any more than you can kneel and jump at the same time. It's a complet….

I think being interested is really what being civilized is about. I mean, you have to be conscious of everything..

The dominant problem of pictorial art since the nineteen-fifties is photography, and, by extension, film and video. The basilisk eye of the camera ha….

I can do pretty good work in various short forms, but anything over 1400 words, I'd be of no use. I like to say I'm a river navigator. I need to see ….

What I want to know from students, and I ask them right away, is, 'What do you want? I don't care what it is. I want to help you get it..

A lot of writers and artists are like chefs who eat their own cooking in the kitchen and then deliver an empty plate with assurances that it's great..