Seven Days in the Art World: The Studio Visit

• "Dealers are editors and conspirators. "

• "...but you could see the Murakami handbags through the window of the Louis Vuitton store, and African immigrants were selling copies on the street. Collectors were carrying real ones;tourists carried fake. Murakami had taken over."

• "...making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art, that is a fantasy!"

• ".... the names of the twenty-five people who worked on the piece are written on the back of the canvas. Other paintings credit up to thirty-five names."

• "A studio isn't just a place where artists make art but a platform for negotiation and a stage for performances."