I think if people really want music they'll search it out.

The middle class male thinks he has a monopoly on objectivity.

To appreciate art you’ve got to work at it a bit.

A lot of people who work in computers think that the world is like them.

If you're in the culture business, you're not so locked in to your class, or you can have fun with it.

Desmond Morris says that men make better artists because they are greater risk-takers; on the other hand, he thinks that women are better organisers and diplomats and more suited to become politicians.

Contemporary art often plays to the part of us that is very uncomfortable with not being sure, that cannot maintain a state of 'don't know'. The over-prioritising of meaning gets in the way of just experiencing the art in a more sensual way. Judging quality purely from an intuitive emotional response needs more confidence and experience than just working it out like a crossword clue.