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title: "3 Isabella Stewart Gardner Quotes"
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# Isabella Stewart Gardner

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Isabella Stewart Gardner was an American art collector, philanthropist, and patron of the arts. She founded the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston.

##  Quotes by Isabella Stewart Gardner

> [Years ago I decided that the greatest need in our Country was Art... We were a very young country and had very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isabella-stewart-gardner/years-ago-i-decided-that-the-greatest-need-in-our-country-was-art-we/)

[Isabella Stewart Gardner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isabella-stewart-gardner/)

[Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1dc/isabella-stewart-gardner-83852_art_years-ago-i-decided-that-the-greatest-ne_1885230.jpg)

> [Win as though you were used to it, and lose as if you like it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isabella-stewart-gardner/win-as-though-you-were-used-to-it-and-lose-as-if-you-like-it/)

[Isabella Stewart Gardner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isabella-stewart-gardner/)

[Football](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/football/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a65/isabella-stewart-gardner-83852_football_win-as-though-you-were-used-to-it-and-lo_2661034.jpg)

> [Don't spoil a good story by telling the truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isabella-stewart-gardner/don-t-spoil-a-good-story-by-telling-the-truth/)

[Isabella Stewart Gardner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isabella-stewart-gardner/)

[Good story](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/good-story/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad3/isabella-stewart-gardner-83852_good-story_don-t-spoil-a-good-story-by-telling-the_2993417.jpg)

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