Will Gompertz Quotes

United Kingdom, Editor
August 25, 1965

William Edward Gompertz is the BBC's arts editor. Gompertz was previously director of Tate Media, and appeared in a show at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2009 called Double Art History. Gompertz has written extensively for The Guardian and The Times newspapers. He is the author of What Are You Looking At?: 150 Years of Modern Art in the Blink of an Eye.

We're moving from a generation who gave little thought as to the built environment and accepted housing that was neither pleasant to look at, nor to live in or around, to a new century where there's a real desire for housing that's affordable, flexible, and places community at the heart of its thinking. For architects and the public it's an enticing prospect.

Will Gompertz
- Thinking
- Real
- Community
I often look for beauty in form and structure, and for ideas.

Will Gompertz
- Ideas
- Beauty
- Structure

I don't think ever before in the whole of human history has so much art been made, bought, and sold. It's a massive international business. So, I think there's a lot of reasons why the art world as opened up and I think on the whole, it's far better for it.

Will Gompertz
- World
- Thinking
- Reason
Group shows are always much harder to present to the public because there's a theme to the show. They always do less well because a theme is a harder thing for people to grapple with than a monographic idea.

Will Gompertz
- People
- Present
- Always
I think art world will have consolidated, I think it will slow down a little bit. I think it will be less white and Western, which it is still at the moment. There will be more female artists in the mix. I think we'll see art forms explored through different media - the Internet, television, books, even. We'll see art produced in forms and media that we haven't seen yet.

Will Gompertz
- Thinking
- Moments
- Female
Be an artist. Don't say it, do it.

Will Gompertz
- Artist
- Don't say