Quotes by Sarah Thornton

About Sarah Thornton:

Sarah L. Thornton is a writer and sociologist of culture. Thornton writes principally about art, artists, and the art market but has also authored articles and books about dance clubs, raves, cultural hierarchies and subcultures.
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Although the art world reveres the unconventional, it is rife with conformity. Artists make work that "looks like art" and behave in ways that enhance stereotypes. Curators pander to the expectations of their peers and their museum boards. Collectors...

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The term bohemian has a bad reputation because it's allied to myriad clichés, but Parisians originally adopted the term, associated with nomadic Gypsies, to describe artists and writers who stayed up all night and ignored the pressures of the indust...

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I'm an atheist, but I believe in art. I go to galleries like my mother went to church. It helps me understand the way I live.

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Author Bio

  • NameSarah Thornton
  • DescriptionCanadian sociologist
  • ProfessionSociologist