(...) contemporary art has become a kind of alternative religion for atheists. (...) For many art world insiders and art aficionados of other kinds, …

- Sarah Thornton

Despite its self-regard, and much like a society of devout followers, the art world relies on consensus as heavily as it depends on individual analys…

- Sarah Thornton

The term bohemian has a bad reputation because it's allied to myriad clichés, but Parisians originally adopted the term, associated with nomadic Gyps…

- Sarah Thornton

Many outsiders see the art world as elitist and it is, except it is also oddly down-to-earth and embracing of oddballs who don't fit in well anywhere…

- Sarah Thornton