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Gallery Quotes

Where art gets shown, priced, and judged.

These gallery quotes capture the pride of wanting recognition on your own terms, plus a wry note about how expensive and exclusive gallery spaces can feel. One line even reframes a press gallery as an unofficial fourth branch of power. Related reading in Art quotes.

I never wanted to be someone who's asking someone to put my work in their gallery. I wanted to be asked.

Quotes by William Quigley

They are at the end of the gallery; retired to their tea and scandal, according to their ancient custom.

Quotes by William Congreve

In a gallery, there's an expectation of high prices and a somewhat elitist atmosphere.

Quotes by Will Cotton

The gallery in which the reporters sit has become a fourth estate of the realm.

Quotes by Thomas Babington Macaulay

Ancient Quotes

The appeal all too often is to the gallery, hungry for sensation.

Quotes by Otto Hermann Kahn

The type of work I do, which is often called 'Pop Surrealism,' is very separate from Gagosian and Mary Boone type of gallery art.

Quotes by Molly Crabapple

I love going to galleries, particularly the National Portrait Gallery.

Quotes by Mark Gatiss

The sun never sets on my gallery.

Quotes by Larry Gagosian

My gallery represents a lot of figurative artists.

Quotes by Larry Gagosian

Appeal Quotes

The gallery is generating work for the masses.

Quotes by Kim Weston

If I had been in the gallery, I'd have gone home.

Quotes by Johnny Miller

The drawing of a 'Pipeline Wave' started with Billabong as a commission for their 2009 Pipeline Masters campaign. My 'Pipeline Wave' drawing later became the start of my 'Waterworks Collection' for gallery prints.

Quotes by John Van Hamersveld

I wanted to be a star, not a gallery mascot.

Quotes by Jean-Michel Basquiat

I find old copies of National Gallery catalogues, which are written in the dryest possible prose, infinitely soothing.

Quotes by Howard Hodgkin

Art Quotes

My dream since I was a kid was to show in a gallery.

Quotes by David LaChapelle

When I was 13, I had a weekend job at the Photographers Gallery Bookshop in London.

Quotes by Beeban Kidron

History is a gallery of pictures in which there are few originals and many copies.

Quotes by Alexis de Tocqueville

Frequently Asked Questions

What's this gallery quotes page about?
Art spaces and how people relate to them - wanting to be invited rather than asking first, the pricey and somewhat exclusive feel of gallery settings, and even the press gallery as a seat of influence.
Why do people search for quotes about art galleries?
Artists and collectors alike relate to the tension between wanting recognition and disliking the elitist atmosphere that can come with high-end gallery spaces, which these quotes speak to directly.
Is there a quote comparing a gallery to political power?
Yes, one entry describes the press gallery, where reporters sit, as having effectively become a fourth estate of power in its own right.
Does any quote describe wanting recognition without seeking it?
One does - an artist states they never wanted to ask for their work to be shown, preferring instead to be the one who gets asked.
What should I browse next?
Continue with Art quotes for a broader look at creative work.

From high prices and elitist atmospheres to the quiet dignity of being asked rather than asking, this page treats the gallery as more than just a room of paintings. Continue with Artists quotes.