“Expressionism seeks 'something else' within the figure's appearance—some recess in its surface. It does not believe that it has captured the essence of a face or a phenomenon unless it has also unveiled this 'something else,' this subjectivity, as it were, of an object, or this objectivity of a subj…”— Thomas Harrison, publishing.cdlib.org
“I think art history is crucial for anyone in the visual arts. You have to understand how ideas evolve.”— David LaChapelle, independent.co.uk
“Sometimes when I project forward to a hundred years from now I imagine an art historian trying to talk about our times and I think that they will look back more at changes in design than at developments in art.”— Andrea Zittel, zittel.org
“A lot of young people no longer see the trades and skilled manufacturing as a viable career. But I promise you, folks can make a lot more, potentially, with skilled manufacturing or the trades than they might with an art history degree.”— Barack Obama, insidehighered.com