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“Art follows power. Just as soldiers hang medals from their uniforms, the rich hang paintings on their walls.”

Art Wealth Power

Book:The Improbability of Love

Source: The Improbability of Love

“The one area that Winkleman avoided was dealing in contemporary art, which Memling described as "shooting poisonous snakes with a water pistol.”

Art Humor Snakes Contemporary Art

Book:The Improbability of Love

Source: The Improbability of Love

“Annie believed taste and aromas had the power to transport people from the present to other places. Sometimes this was a journey to a different mood, but it was also a form of time travel.”

Book:The Improbability of Love

Source: The Improbability of Love

Book:The Improbability of Love

Source: The Improbability of Love

“He was, simultaneously, the impassioned happy man lying at the feet of his beloved and also the morose clown standing in the background of the picture. Being in love pitched him, moment by moment, between waves of ecstasy and misery. Like every other person, he believed his predicament was unique.”

Book:The Improbability of Love

Source: The Improbability of Love

“Only now that he had great swathes of time could he begin to have hobbies. This was why art was such an incalculable luxury: it sent out a message saying, "I have time to subcontract all the menial, dull chores out to others; I waste hours in idle contemplation of a piece of cloth covered in spots; I am an art lover; I am time-rich. I can mooch about in a sea of pickled sharks.”

Art Time Luxury Sharks

Book:The Improbability of Love

Source: The Improbability of Love