Art Quote by Charles Saatchi

Be the Worst You Can Be: Life's Too Long for Patience and Virtue

— Charles Saatchi

My dark little secret is that I don't actually believe many people in the art world have much feeling for art.

— Charles Saatchi

If you can't take a good kicking, you shouldn't parade how much luckier you are than other people.

— Charles Saatchi

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

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

Nothing is as uplifting as standing before a great painting whether it was painted in 1505 or last Tuesday.

— Charles Saatchi

My aim in life isn't so much the pursuit of happiness as the happiness of pursuit.

— Charles Saatchi

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

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

I find the theatre faintly embarrassing for the actors performing on stage. It seems rather showy-off in an undignified way.

— Charles Saatchi

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

The fact that in the last 10 years only five of the 40 Turner Prize nominees have been painters tells you more about curators…

— Charles Saatchi