Does "quarters" here means one fourth?
The flouting of conventional wisdom and refusal to conform carry with them many risks. This is nowhere more true than in the Art World, certain quarters of which tend to be very much doctrinaire and elitist.

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Does "quarters" here  means  one fourth?
The flouting of conventional wisdom and refusal to conform carry with them many risks. This is nowhere more true than in the Art World, certain quarters of which tend to be very much doctrinaire and elitist.

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It means sections or suburbs.

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"certain quarters" in the above statement means an unspecified person or group of people.

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In this context quarters means "area" or "space".

Certain neighborhoods with in a city are often referred to as "quarters". The French quarter, the Italian quarter, or in this case, the Art World quarter.

But in the sentence above, the word quarter is actually referring to certain "areas" of the Art World itself. It is used metaphorically as there is no such thing as a literal Art "World". Just a figurative one.

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