Jeffrey Deitch

“Dennis Hopper is one of the great American lives.”

“Many of the museum directors who make an impact personally curate exhibitions.”

“Effective fund-raising is based on relationships.”

“Sometimes you do a sound installation, and the first day or two it is very exciting. Then you are hearing this every day for a month, and it becomes like a torture.”

“One of the biggest things happening in the art world is this idea of expansion. No one embodies this aspect of what art is becoming better than James Franco.”

“Andy Warhol defined Pop Art.”

“After pop art, graffiti is probably the biggest art movement in recent history to have such an impact on culture.”

“From 1940 to the present, the art world - and particularly Los Angeles - has undergone a transformation not unlike the Italian Renaissance.”