Dealer Quote by Chuck Close

I can't change the fact that my paintings don't sell. But the time will come when people will recognize that they are worth more…

— Vincent Van Gogh

If people only knew as much about painting as I do, they would never buy my pictures.

— Edwin Landseer

Despite my extremely modest prices, dealers and art lovers are turning their backs on me. It is very depressing to see the lack of…

— Claude Monet

I sometimes wish I had never had to sell a painting. Every painting you make represents the time it was made and how you…

— Peter Doig

I decided to become a painter when my first four paintings where all published and attracted a great deal of interest. I exhibited one…

— John Dyer

I only painted when I felt like it and needed money. But it never really became a professional thing, even though the dealers would…

— Wolfgang Beltracchi

When I paint, I never think of selling. People simply fail to understand that we paint in order to experiment and to develop ourselves…

— Edvard Munch

I was always very... impatient about showing my paintings to people.

— Julian Schnabel

I haven't sold one painting. I have either given them as gifts or just kept them. It's like babies you know. It's, like, hard…

— Shavo Odadjian

When I started painting 17 years ago, I never imagined that anyone would look at my work or buy my pieces. But now I…

— Jane Seymour

I am a famous artist. I make millions. But I frequently see debut shows of unknown artists with prices that are double of mine...…

— Mark Kostabi

I lost my job as an art salesman. It was the customer's fault. He wanted to buy the wrong paintings.

— Vincent Van Gogh