12 Quotes by 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 Gypsies, to describe artists and writers who stayed up all night and ignored the pressures of the industrial world.

I'm an atheist, but I believe in art. I go to galleries like my mother went to church. It helps me understand the way I live.

Kelly wears her hair swept back in an odd 1940s pompadour that one writer assumed must be her “auxiliary brain.

Buying is an extremely satisfying, macho act

The contemporary art world is what Tom Wolfe would call a "statusphere." It's structured around nebulous and often contradictory hierarchies of fame, credibility, imagined historical importance, institutional affliction, perceived intelligence, wealth, and attribution such as the size of one's art collection.

Although the art world is frequently characterised as a classless scene where artists from lower-msddle-class backgrounds drink champagne with high-priced hedge-fund managers, scholarly curators, fashion designers and other "creatives," you'd be mistaken if you thought the world was egalitarian or democratic. Art is about experimenting with ideas, but it is also about excellence and exclusion. In a society where everyone is looking for a little distinction, it's an intoxicating combination.

Art is not supposed to repeat what you already know. It is supposed to ask questions.

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 else.

The contemporary art world is what Tom Wolfe would call a “statusphere.” It’s structured around nebulous and often contradictory hierarchies of fame, credibility, imagined historical importance, institutional affliction, perceived intelligence, wealth, and attribution such as the size of one’s art collection.