Harold Rosenberg Quotes

I think most of the people involved in any art always secretly wonder whether they are really there because they're good or there because they're lucky.

In the last analysis, the artist may shout from all the rooftops that he is a genius; he will have to wait for the verdict of posterity.

The way you would know if someone is famous in the art world is that you would ask your mother. My mother knows who Picasso was. She knows who Warhol was.

You never make movies for Oscars.

Ursula Nordstrom was famous for finding artists in unlikely places. Maurice Sendak was a window designer, and she just came across one of his windows. Everyone was looking to find a talent.

It was I who made Fellini famous, not the other way around.

My art became very public.

I think if I met Frank Auerbach or Jeff Koons, I'd be more wobbly than if I met Robert De Niro!

When a young artist is ready, one has to bring him into the limelight.

I've been lucky enough to work in pop culture, especially with people right before they popped.

Persons famous in the arts partake of the immortality of princes, and are upon a footing with them.

I actually know the moment I became known. It was at the Cannes Film Festival, when they showed 'The Virgin Spring.' I walked into that theater as one person, and I walked out as another.

I photograph artists, and some of them are very well known, but if you ask the average man on the street, 'Do you like Anselm Kiefer?' He would stare at you with a blank stare, because these are not celebrities. They are celebrated in a specific circle.

In Europe, a great dancer might be on the same level as a movie star. In America, not so.

To have a simultaneous global audience as an artist is more than you could ever hope for.

I always wanted to be an acclaimed artist and to be at the top of my game.

It was amazing to be on the map, to be recognised by other artists, and to be so successful.

The world of celebrity that comes with the world of art is not particularly interesting to me.

To meet an artist when they first start out is like having a seat on the 50-yard line and watching them get a touchdown... The Weeknd, Pink, Harry Styles, Lorde, Miley Cyrus, Niall Horan, Kesha - these are all artists I interviewed back before anyone knew who they were. To watch them turn into these superstars is just amazing.

I have a running daydream about winning an Oscar and giving my speech about how ridiculous it is to rank art. And then I'd call them all sycophants and leave the statue at the podium as I walked away.

In Milan, I'm treated with the respect that doctors receive in America. It's wonderful living where artists are revered.

I had so much out there, the world was going crazy about 'Comes Alive!' I didn't need to go and rush into something else. You're only as good as your last record, so don't put one out for a while.

It's really hard to know why certain artists become famous and others don't.

Decent artists go through bad times but eventually they do get recognized. It's by no means a battle lost. Yet.

Of all kinds of ambition, that which pursues poetical fame is the wildest