The church was always very adept at incorporating all the different artistic disciplines. What we call the church is actually an assemblage of differ…

- Diego Cortez

I would say that most serious artists have a pretty complete idea of what they're going to do before they do it.

- Diego Cortez

I've always hated the word spirituality, but now I accept the word, and I think it's a useful term. It just means so many things. And actually, most …

- Diego Cortez

Museums have traditionally been places that protect the art object. But in the last 40 years, a new type of museum has emerged - the Kunsthalle or al…

- Diego Cortez

I've always been leery of comical artists because I think oftentimes they're hiding the fact that they're not that talented. For example, with Martin…

- Diego Cortez

Our recent pop-music icons, even the most radical ones, like Björk or Caetano Veloso, often have to present themselves as happy and make positive wor…

- Diego Cortez

I think what happened in the last 10 or 15 years in the art market is that all the players - and that includes artists, dealers, art advisors, everyo…

- Diego Cortez

The great achievement of Zen Buddhism, and all of its cultural expressions in painting or the tea ceremony or rock gardens, is a rejection of earlier…

- Diego Cortez

Even after seeing so much bad art in the last few years, it still seems possible that one can be led to the right places. I haven't given up hope bec…

- Diego Cortez