Auctions Quote by Robert Rauschenberg

I hate it when people say that art shouldnt be a commodity. A lot of the rooms in museums, and all the Frieze week…

— Grayson Perry

Artists... do not need the applause or condemnation of the critics, the ideas of other artists, or the demands of the collectors.

— Robert Genn

The public for which masterpieces are intended is not of this earth.

— Thornton Wilder

It's great not to be a collector.

— Andy Warhol

Artists need a lot of collectors, all kinds of collectors, buying their art.

— Charles Saatchi

A collection makes its own demands. Many artists have been collectors. I think of it rather as an illness. I felt it was using…

— Howard Hodgkin

I hate art auctions.

— Jerry Saltz

I am not opposed to the art market. I have lots of friends who are collectors. But the whole idea of the art market…

— Olafur Eliasson

Art collectors are pretty insignificant in the scheme of things. What matters and survives is the art. I buy art that I like. I…

— Charles Saatchi

Art collectors are pretty insignificant in the scheme of things. What matters and survives is the art.

— Charles Saatchi

Most collectors I know don't think of art as a business or as an investment.

— Norman Braman

I think the collectors have made an enormous contribution, not only to the market but to painters themselves... These people that buy, that set…

— Philip Johnson