Saltz shares that “Even a powerhouse like Barbara Gladstone went through years of showing iffy and even awful artists (ahem, moi). It’s just that few people saw her do this (fortunately for me).” This detail about the authors life brings me to ask if maybe his failure in art is why he points out “bad” art so much? Is the author speaking out of spite due to his failure when it came to becoming an artist? Do you think that the time (2006) that this article was written had any influence on his outlook on art at the time?