Dave Hickey quotes

Where do you learn how to act? Not at church. America is a lot more like pagan Rome than we think. We still sacrifice to objects to gain our social goals. (Dave Hickey)
It used to be that if you stood in front of a painting you didn't understand, you'd have some obligation to guess. Now you don't. View quote
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I'm retiring because my time is up. View quote
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My mother was an economics professor. I'm proficient in math, and statistics, game theory, symbolic logic and all of that. View quote
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If I go to London, everyone wants to talk about Damien Hirst. I'm just not interested in him. Never have been. View quote
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Art editors and critics - people like me - have become a courtier class. View quote
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I hate all that woozy political and psychotherapeutic crap applied to books and art. View quote
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Martha Stewart contributes more to our civility than the Baptist church. View quote
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