Word: careful
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...French government expert on the subject. "There is no mastermind, no international art Mafia. We all have heard the legend of the mad, rich connoisseur who buys stolen masterworks. He does not exist." The works are sold to frequently unsuspecting collectors in the U.S. and abroad through dealers who care more about turning a quick profit than about checking on an object's pedigree. Says Volpe: "Everyone in the art market is buying questionable pieces. Most people ask more questions when they buy an automobile...
...line appearing through superimposed translucencies of paper−the product, if not of passionate invention, at least of rigorously organized taste. The problem with work of this kind is not that it is in some way provocative or unfamiliar, but the reverse: its very reticence, its excessive care about its own limits, unintentionally becomes a form of surrender. There is very little here that was not done better, and under the stress of a more vivid necessity, in Europe and in Russia 50 years ago. It is all footnote and no text...
...yards--and that's not easy to do. So then I said, let me put this Harvard education to work. Use some leverage, cut out his legs. The whole time he was yelling at me, telling me he was gonna bite my neck off and stuff. I didn't care...
...care if you're occupied...
...race riots. The way in which the Israeli consulate in Iran was ransacked recently adds to my concern. When all this evidence is added up, what other conclusion can one come to? Are we willing to wait? What are the alternative measures of action? Most importantly, does anybody really care? Name withheld by request