The Truisms (continued)
Theoreticians don't like to look—they're generally too
         busy writing about themselves
Given enough time, theoreticians will contradict and
         reverse themselves
Practice does not follow theory
Theory follows practice

All artists think they're self taught
All artists lie, particularly about their dates and
         who taught them
No artist has ever seen the work of another artist
         (the exception being the post-modernists who've
         adapted appropriation as another means of
         reinventing the history)

The curator or the director is the one in black
The artist is the messy one in black
The owner is the one with the Prada bag
The gallery director is the one who recently uncovered
         the work of a forgotten person from his or her
         widower