"Although the art world is frequently characterized as a classless scene (...) you'd be mistaken if you thought this world was egalitarian or democratic. Art is about experimentation and ideas, but it is also about excellence and exclusion"

- Sarah Thornton

Source: Thornton, Sarah. Seven Days in the Art World. 2008. New York: W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 978-393-06722-4. pp. xii.