(An episode of Art Wars )
"Visual forms, he thought, were solutions to
specific problems that come from specific needs."
— Michael Kimmelman in The New York Times
obituary of E. H. Gombrich (November 7th, 2001)
"… deep cultural fears within the art world—
fears that art is elitist,
or some kind of confidence game,
or not a serious endeavor (a fear that has
dogged art since at least the time of Plato)."
— Philip Kennicott, quoted here on July 22, 2012
See also today's date in 2003.