Meeting and talking to the artist adds a special element to collecting contemporary art that makes the work an irreplaceable treasure rather… — Ernest West Basden Copy Share Image
It's nice that all the composers have said that nobody interprets a lyric like Fred Astaire. But when it comes to selling… — Fred Astaire Copy Share Image
There is too little idea of personal responsibility; too much of "the world owes me a living," forgetting that if the world… — Theodore Newton Vail Copy Share Image
I'm more a collector of identities and words that feel right to me. To me this is an inarguable point. I am… — Ian Harvie Copy Share Image
Conservation is key to preserving many of the worlds natural beauty spots, so do your best to help by keeping to designated… — Sheherazade Goldsmith Copy Share Image
I'm a collector, a tinkerer, and a tweaker, like a lot of people, and recording equipment is really easy to fetishize. — John Vanderslice Copy Share Image
Collectors become obsessive and then addicted. You become addicted to art and you can't live without it. — Eli Broad Copy Share Image
I love people. Everybody. I love them, I think, as a stamp collector loves his collection. Every story, every incident, every bit… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
This week, penny collector Gene Sukie went to the bank and cashed in ten thousand pounds of pennies he had collected over… — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
The beautiful came to this city [Hollywood] in huge pathetic herds, to suffer, to be humiliated, to see the powerful currency of… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
An artist need not be a minister or a collector in church, but he must have a warm heart for people, and… — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
Share your enthusiasm with the collector's enthusiasm for the work, and discover things together. Be nice and appreciative and at the same… — Mark Kostabi Copy Share Image
I'm a huge comic book collector. When I was a kid, I had both Marvel and DC. I was my own librarian.… — James Mangold Copy Share Image
There is a complete difference between art and the art market. Prices are high now for the simple reason that there are… — Michael Craig-Martin Copy Share Image
One of the best things I’ve read about that inexplicably, but endlessly, fascinating group of people, the so-called Serious Collectors of 78s.… — John Jeremiah Sullivan Copy Share Image
I cannot have chaos erupting around me until I am prepared for it. I am a collector. I am an observer. I… — Derek Landy Copy Share Image
One SF prediction that I would like very much to see: Get solar collectors launched to beam energy back home, and get… — Jack McDevitt Copy Share Image
I never stopped thinking about the Alamo from that day to this. I'm a huge collector of memorabilia. I've got Davy Crockett's… — Phil Collins Copy Share Image
Sometimes I am a collector of data, and only a collector, and am likely to be gross and miserly, piling up notes,… — Charles Fort Copy Share Image
It's not curators, it's not critics, it's not the public, it's not collectors who find great artists - it's other artists. — David Galenson Copy Share Image
In a way, my father was lucky. He had a hunch that his vision of the National Gallery would interest other collectors… — Paul Mellon Copy Share Image
When Clinton said he was going to create 8 million new jobs, I didn't think they were all going to be tax collectors. — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
Like the collector, the photographer is animated by a passion that, even when it appears to be for the present, is linked… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
The brilliance of art as a collectible is that it has a way of reaching out on an emotional level. It touches… — Robert Genn Copy Share Image
When the Liberals said they were going to create a million new jobs, I didn't think they were all going to be… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
Women's worst invention was the plow. With the beginning of plow agriculture, men's roles became extremely powerful. Women lost their ancient jobs… — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
There is a connection between me and the collectors, and as admirers of the work they tell me about the differences the… — Richard MacDonald Copy Share Image
Artists... do not need the applause or condemnation of the critics, the ideas of other artists, or the demands of the collectors. — Robert Genn Copy Share Image
Art collectors are pretty insignificant in the scheme of things. What matters and survives is the art. — Charles Saatchi Copy Share Image
I am not a book collector, and I am not fussy about particular editions. As long as the words are there I… — Adam Foulds Copy Share Image
I'm like the random guy who you would think I'm a computer freak and you would think that I'm a massive art… — Pharrell Williams Copy Share Image
I don't know a single collector or museum director who says: 'Oh, he's on a list, so I think I'll buy something… — Olafur Eliasson Copy Share Image
When a collector says, "You've got to educate me," or "What's a good investment?" then I don't know what to say. I… — Larry Gagosian Copy Share Image
I'm also interested in creating a lasting legacy for collectors because bronze will last for thousands of years so I'm not really… — Richard MacDonald Copy Share Image
The Collector [John Fowles book] does such a good job of capturing the mindset of a capturer, and also that's become a… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
When it all started, record companies - and there were many of them, and this was a good thing - were run… — David Crosby Copy Share Image
I've never been a collector - just a consumer - and these days unless a book is signed to me by another… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
If you're smart enough you realise that your possessions possess you in their turn. Collecting has a neurotic aspect. I find it… — Thomas Koerfer Copy Share Image
I see around 100 shows a month, going from Niketown-size palaces where you feel like yelling, to storefronts in Bushwick. Each has… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
The backwoodsmen are muttering about making Britain's draconian union laws - already among the toughest in Europe - harsher still. And parts… — Frances O'Grady Copy Share Image
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