Art Quote by Asher Brown Durand

Bear figs for a season or two, and the world outside the orchard is very unwilling you should bear thistles.

— Kate Douglas Wiggin

Untilled ground, however rich, will bring forth thistles and thorns; so also the mind of man.

— Anonymous

The thistle is a prince. Let any man that has an eye for beauty take a view of the whole plant, and where will…

— Henry Ward Beecher

Historically, art has always had a market. When one medieval fiefdom defeated another they would drag back its jewels, gold, tapestries and art objects…

— Arne Glimcher

The arts are beyond price; they're beyond value. They're of incalculable worth in what it means to be a human being.

— Philip Pullman

Art is often valuable precisely because it isn't a sensible way to make money.

— Adam Davidson

Believing that art is either worth a fortune or worth nothing at all.

— Paulo Coelho

Art collecting has traditionally been the domain of wealthy individuals in search of rewards beyond the purely financial.

— James Surowiecki

There has always been a correlation between money and art.

— Simon de Pury

“Once you have hundreds of millions of dollars, it’s hard to know where to put it all. Art is transportable, unregulated, glamorous, arcane, beautiful,…

— Nick Paumgarten

And never since harvests were ripened, / Or laborers born, / Have men gathered figs of the thistle, / Or grapes of the thorn!

— Phoebe Cary

Consuming art should involve investment and risk.

— Romesh Ranganathan