“I don't pay attention to auction prices. Nothing interests me less. On...” — Rachel Kushner Quote

“I don't pay attention to auction prices. Nothing interests me less. One of the benefits of not being an artist is I don't have to navigate the social hierarchies of the art world as a person of desire. I don't need anything. I live in a different way.”

“Growing up, I was not told that there were women's areas of preoccupation or male ones.”

“Flamethrowers have been used by many armies in many wars, including by American Marines in Korea and Vietnam. They cause horrific deaths and are thus a serious public-relations liability. The U.S. military apparently phased them out in 1978.”

“I wasn't in the art world at all as a kid; I was just creative, and we were always doing arts and crafts.”

“The art world is molting - some would say melting. Galleries are closing; museums are scaling back.”

“For me, there has always been a disconnect with the sort of elitist structure of the high-art world - and my distaste for that is at odds with my feeling that art should aspire to do great things.”