I think Andy Warhol addressed this difference between street and gallery once, saying something to the effect, ‘that it was exactly the same “art”, but that only the location and context of being downtown on Canal Street, or uptown in a Boutique made the price difference. So, as an artist he wanted to sell his work uptown where it would go for more.’

I really think Andy said it best, wherever the commercial and art intersect. And where does it not intersect these days?

“An artist is somebody who produces things that people don’t need to have, but that he — for some reason — thinks it would be a good idea to give them. Why do people think artists are special? It’s just another job. I’ve decided something: Commercial things really do stink. As soon as it becomes commercial for a mass market it really stinks. I think having land and not ruining it is the most beautiful art that anybody could ever want to own.”

On blogging before there was such a thing:
“Don’t pay any attention to what they write about you. Just measure it in inches.”