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I'm a huge poster collector. — Illeana Douglas
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 of his.' The… — Olafur Eliasson
I got ex's all across the country and I owe everybody in town. I got bill collectors a callin' me up, and lawyers trying to… — George Strait
Do not trust people who call themselves musicians or record collectors who say that they don’t like Bob Dylan or the Beatles. They do not… — Jack White
Financial crisis is the moment of truth for real collectors and true artists. — Victor Pinchuk
I'm a big toy collector. I've been slowing down because my money's been tight, but I collect toys, too. — Jason Mewes
Collectors are happy people. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
There's some human instinct which makes a man treasure what he is not to make any use of, because everybody does not possess it. — Mark Twain
The people no longer seek consolation in art. But the refined people, the rich, the idlers seek the new, the extraordinary, the extravagant, the scandalous.… — Pablo Picasso
I was one of Them: the Strange Ones. The Funny People. The Odd Tribes of autograph collectors and photographers. The Ones who waited through long… — Ray Bradbury
My aim is to give you only the things with which I am completely satisfied, even if it means asking you a little more [time]… — Claude Monet
The man who has honesty, integrity, the love of inquiry, the desire to see beyond, is ready to appreciate good art. He needs no one… — Robert Henri
I've never studied the Japanese. That's something that must have crept in there. But the Japanese are my biggest clients. They seem to like the… — Andrew Wyeth
If the choice is between buying another building or a Pollock, I'd go for the Pollock every time. — Damien Hirst
It may be a point of great pride to have a Van Gogh on the living room wall, but the prospects of having Van Gogh… — Ben Shahn
The collector attempts always to acquire the best, and his knowledge of what is best is always widening. His is the task of judging between… — Arthur Davison Ficke
Collecting at its best is very far from mere acquisitiveness; it may become one of the most humanistic of occupations, seeking to illustrate by the… — Arthur Davison Ficke
To create is to relate. We trust in the artist in everybody to make his own connections, his own juxtapositions. — Corita Kent
I think the collectors have made an enormous contribution, not only to the market but to painters themselves... These people that buy, that set standards,… — Philip Johnson
The media, the galleries, the collectors - it's all very chaotic actually. The artworld doesn't have this defined corporate structure that people imagine. — Jeff Koons
I found so-called great art too pompous, too stiff. What at this time was called minor art was freer, more imaginative, more open to all… — Jacques Lipchitz
You will face boredom and frustration your entire career as artists. You will be very frustrated seeking a voice/style that collectors can connect with. Once… — Jack White
Collectors are paying for our education by purchasing our art. — Jack White
Art collectors are pretty insignificant in the scheme of things. What matters and survives is the art. — Charles Saatchi
My art has nothing to do with servicing collectors, it's for living, for turning on with. — David Lee

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