You could say that clinical depression is an incapacity to aesthetic response. It's like there's a constant agreement within ourselves, a kind of mutual understanding between ourselves and the world.
Peter SchjeldahlIt's possible I am the only art critic that a lot of people read. And maybe Robert Hughes, if he's still writing.
Peter SchjeldahlA lot of writers and artists are like chefs who eat their own cooking in the kitchen and then deliver an empty plate with assurances that it's great.
Peter Schjeldahl