Near the end of his life, Henri Matisse's preferred attire was evening wear, by which I mean pajamas.

- Holland Cotter

We line our lives with beautiful things to create a cushion of stability: the illusion of a cohesive past, the promise of an unclouded future.

- Holland Cotter

The Cuban-born Mario Algaze has a Chambian way of collapsing present and past.

- Holland Cotter

Like many natural beauties, New York is effortlessly photogenic. It has fabulous bones and hardly any bad angles.

- Holland Cotter

Art is by nature promotional, pushing beliefs, broadcasting status, aggrandizing personalities.

- Holland Cotter