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> [Just as there is no substitute for original works of art, there is no substitute for the world of direct sensual experience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-mellon/just-as-there-is-no-substitute-for-original-works-of-art-there-is-no/)

[Paul Mellon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-mellon/)

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## More by Paul Mellon

> [Within 18 months of my parents' marriage in 1900, my mother fell in love with an Englishman who would have described himself as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-mellon/within-18-months-of-my-parents-marriage-in-1900-my-mother-fell-in/)

[Paul Mellon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-mellon/)

> [It was my father's hope, and it is ours, that the National Gallery would become not a static but a living institution, growing in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-mellon/it-was-my-father-s-hope-and-it-is-ours-that-the-national-gallery/)

[Paul Mellon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-mellon/)

> [Preliminary drawings or sketches in oil or pastel often have an immediacy and emotional appeal far greater than the final canvas.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-mellon/preliminary-drawings-or-sketches-in-oil-or-pastel-often-have-an/)

[Paul Mellon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-mellon/)

> [College isn't the only answer. Reading is a college that you can and should attend all your life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-mellon/college-isn-t-the-only-answer-reading-is-a-college-that-you-can-and/)

[Paul Mellon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-mellon/)

> [There is no intellectual or emotional substitute for the authentic, the original, the unique masterpiece.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-mellon/there-is-no-intellectual-or-emotional-substitute-for-the-authentic/)

[Paul Mellon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-mellon/)

> [The horse is an archetypal symbol which will always find ways to stir up deep and moving ancestral memories in every human being.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-mellon/the-horse-is-an-archetypal-symbol-which-will-always-find-ways-to-stir/)

[Paul Mellon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-mellon/)

> [When you give away large sums of money, you can cause as much damage as you may do good.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-mellon/when-you-give-away-large-sums-of-money-you-can-cause-as-much-damage/)

[Paul Mellon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-mellon/)

> [Collecting is the sort of thing that creeps up on you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-mellon/collecting-is-the-sort-of-thing-that-creeps-up-on-you/)

[Paul Mellon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-mellon/)

> [Just as there is no substitute for original works of art, there is no substitute for the world of direct sensual experience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-mellon/just-as-there-is-no-substitute-for-original-works-of-art-there-is-no/)

[Paul Mellon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-mellon/)

> [In a way, my father was lucky. He had a hunch that his vision of the National Gallery would interest other collectors and persuade…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-mellon/in-a-way-my-father-was-lucky-he-had-a-hunch-that-his-vision-of-the/)

[Paul Mellon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-mellon/)

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