“She seemed to like best my daughter, Pegeen's, paintings, though when I made the observation that the people in Pegeen's paintings, strangely enough, never seem to be engaged in any conversation with each other, all going their own ways, Mrs.… — Peggy Guggenheim Copy Share Image
My mother's one idea was to sacrifice her life to her children and she had done nothing else since the death of my father. We wished that she had married again instead. — Peggy Guggenheim Copy Share Image
“She seemed to like best my daughter, Pegeen's, paintings, though when I made the observation that the people in Pegeen's paintings, strangely enough, never… — Peggy Guggenheim Copy Share Image
[On John Tunnard:] One day a marvelous man in a highly elaborate tweed coat walked into the gallery. He looked a little like Groucho… — Peggy Guggenheim Copy Share Image
If anything can rival Venice in its beauty, it must be its reflection at sunset in the Grand Canal. — Peggy Guggenheim Copy Share Image
Peace was the one thing that Max (Ernst) needed in order to paint, and love was the one thing I needed in order to… — Peggy Guggenheim Copy Share Image
It is always assumed that Venice is the ideal place for a honeymoon. This is a grave error. To live in Venice or even… — Peggy Guggenheim Copy Share Image
I was much more interested in literature than I was in art. I just got into art by mistake. — Peggy Guggenheim Copy Share Image
My mother's one idea was to sacrifice her life to her children and she had done nothing else since the death of my father.… — Peggy Guggenheim Copy Share Image
To go out in a gondola at night is to reconstruct in one's imagination the true Venice, the Venice of the past alive with… — Peggy Guggenheim Copy Share Image
I look back on my life with great joy. I think it was a very successful life. I always did what I wanted and… — Peggy Guggenheim Copy Share Image
[On amassing art for her collection:] My motto was 'Buy a picture a day' and I lived up to it. — Peggy Guggenheim Copy Share Image