great art is inexplicable

on undeserved success

on Steve Martin

"Of all the people I admire in show business, he's very close to being one of them."
- Martin Short

wild and crazy guy

"My idea of a good night out is to stay at home."
- Steve Martin

"Nakashima ... elevated the craft of driftwood furniture from beachside tourist shops to high art ..."
- Steve Martin, An Object of Beauty, p.165

and Warhol

Peter Paul Rubens, The Four Philosophers

"[He made money] by following Jeff Koons's and Damien Hirst's template - and incidentally, Rubens's and Rembrandt's: he maintained an art factory."
- Steve Martin, An Object of Beauty, p.113

La Mondaine

"Tissot was the master of a small subject - the rich - and he swathed the women in yards of fabric and painted them midflounce as they disembarked from boats, lounged in parks, or sat on window seats overlooking the sea."
- Steve Martin in An Object of Beauty, pp.14-15

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