“Nothing is more hackneyed than the liberal dogma that shock value confers automatic importance of an artwork.” — Camille Paglia, Glittering Images

“I subscribe to a cyclic view of culture: styles grow, peak, and decay but flower again through periodic revival” — Camille Paglia, Glittering Images

“Too many art books are victims of the coffee-table syndrome — big, unwieldy, flossing packaged showpieces.” — Camille Paglia, Glittering Images