John Seed > Quotes

“Ironically, we were learning that we had to be “free,” but learning to be free meant conforming to the values of the dominant style.”
― John Seed, Ten Rather Eccentric Essays on Art: Reflections on Damien Hirst, postmodernism, the art market, food in art and more...

“If you are an artist who pays too much attention this system and its politics, you are in deep trouble because you have become a follower.”
― John Seed, Ten Rather Eccentric Essays on Art: Reflections on Damien Hirst, postmodernism, the art market, food in art and more...

“The teaching of actual painting could be outsourced to China and taught via SKYPE.”
― John Seed, Ten Rather Eccentric Essays on Art: Reflections on Damien Hirst, postmodernism, the art market, food in art and more...

“When it comes to art and culture, I like anything that is good.”
― John Seed, Ten Rather Eccentric Essays on Art: Reflections on Damien Hirst, postmodernism, the art market, food in art and more...

“may not deconstruct, but I am a pretty good mimic; a weed who knows how to look like a flower. I keep in mind that over the long haul all styles are period styles. Each style is a carefully cultivated garden that a new chairman will want to uproot when the next Cultural Revolution comes along.”
― John Seed, Ten Rather Eccentric Essays on Art: Reflections on Damien Hirst, postmodernism, the art market, food in art and more...

“Butcher’s Stall with the Flight into Egypt”
― John Seed, Ten Rather Eccentric Essays on Art: Reflections on Damien Hirst, postmodernism, the art market, food in art and more...