In America, Nostalgia For Things Is Apt

In America, Nostalgia For Things Is Apt To Set In Before They Go.

There Is Virtue In Virtuosity, Especially Today, When It Protects Us From The Tedious Spectacle Of Ineptitude.

But The Existence Of A Cult Does Not Mean That Images Appropriate To It Automatically Follow.

It Was Van Gogh's Madness That Prevented Him From Working; The Paintings Themselves Are Ineffably Sane, If Sanity Is To Be Defined In Terms Of Exact Judgment Of Ends And Means And The Power Of Visual Analysis.

The New Job Of Art Is To Sit On The Wall And Get More Expensive.