Assembling Quote by Arthur Davison Ficke

“Collecting expresses a free-floating desire that attaches and re-attaches itself—it is a succession of desires. The true collector is in the grip not of…

— Susan Sontag

Collecting is my joy; it gives me great satisfaction.

— Ursula Andress

Collecting has been my great extravagance. It's a way of being. I collect for the same reason that I eat too much-I'm one of…

— Howard Hodgkin

Book collecting is an obsession, an occupation, a disease, an addiction, a fascination, an absurdity, a fate. It is not a hobby. Those who…

— Jeanette Winterson

I think I've always had an obsession with collecting, as most people do.

— Jonathan Anderson

I don't think you can tell somebody how they should collect. I think it's just about being turned on by art.At the end of…

— Larry Gagosian

The habit of collecting, of attachment to things, is an essential human trait. But Western civilization put collecting on a pedestal by inventing museums.…

— Orhan Pamuk

Book collecting is an obsession, an occupation, a disease, an addiction, a fascination, an absurdity, a fate. It is not a hobby. Those who…

— Jeanette Winterson

Collecting is like sex; satisfaction renews and creates new appetites.

— Barbara Grizzuti Harrison

If you're smart enough you realise that your possessions possess you in their turn. Collecting has a neurotic aspect. I find it boring when…

— Thomas Koerfer

Collecting is my passion.

— Ursula Andress

Collecting is the sort of thing that creeps up on you.

— Paul Mellon