- LL Cool J: We have to humanize Jean-Michel and remember that we're not talking about an object. We're not talking about a painting... We're talking about a human being that's their brother.
- Larry Gagosian: It was never something calculated. He wasn't following some kind of pattern. It was an instinct, he had an incredible instinct. You know, writing the word TARP five times, crossing it out four times. He had a way of making words pictorial, making them part of the picture. He was really a once-in-a-generation talent