Being an art buyer these days is comprehensively and indisputably vulgar. It is the sport of the Eurotrashy, Hedge-fundy, Hamptonites; of trendy oligarchs and oiligarchs; and of art dealers with masturbatory levels of self-regard. — Charles Saatchi Copy Share Image
My dark little secret is that I don't actually believe many people in the art world have much feeling for art. — Charles Saatchi Copy Share Image
If you can't take a good kicking, you shouldn't parade how much luckier you are than other people. — Charles Saatchi Copy Share Image
If, like me, you have many reasons to be less than secure and self-assured, and like me, you are far from stable even on… — Charles Saatchi Copy Share Image
I liked working in advertising, but don't believe my taste in art, such as it is, was entirely formed by TV commercials. And I… — Charles Saatchi Copy Share Image
Nothing is as uplifting as standing before a great painting whether it was painted in 1505 or last Tuesday. — Charles Saatchi Copy Share Image
If I stop being on good behaviour for a moment, my dark little secret is that I don't actually believe many people in the… — Charles Saatchi Copy Share Image
My aim in life isn't so much the pursuit of happiness as the happiness of pursuit. — Charles Saatchi Copy Share Image
Nobody can give you advice after you've been collecting for a while. If you don't enjoy making your own decisions, you're never going to… — Charles Saatchi Copy Share Image
I have asked to have no funeral, and no memorial service. I hate other people's and would certainly not appreciate my own. — Charles Saatchi Copy Share Image
I find the theatre faintly embarrassing for the actors performing on stage. It seems rather showy-off in an undignified way. — Charles Saatchi Copy Share Image
I may not be much good at most things, but if I didn't have the pleasure of planning and installing shows, and doing it… — Charles Saatchi Copy Share Image
