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Simon de Pury Biography

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Simon de Pury, born in 1951, is a renowned Swiss art broker. He is highly respected in the international art market for his unique negotiation skills and discernment.

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“What I admire about Snoop Dogg is his longevity. I mean, he's been around for a long time and I think he's as good as he's ever been.”

Thinking Mean Long Long Time Admire Longevity

Author:Simon de Pury

“I fell into hip-hop right from the beginning. I was a teenager in the '60s, so I was putting all my pocket money into buying LPs. I followed the ascent of the Rolling Stones, the Beatles, and Stevie Wonder. I followed popular music very closely, and I've never stopped.”

Wonder Stones Hip Hop Hips Teenager Buying Pockets Hops Rolling Rolling Stones Ascent Popular Music

Author:Simon de Pury

“In the early '80s, I was blown away when I began to hear some of the earliest hip-hop songs, and I'm fascinated by all the permutations the genre has gone through.”

Song Gone Hip Hop Hips Genre Hops Fascinated 80s Blown Away Hip Hop Song

Author:Simon de Pury

“I think there is going to be a whole market and we'll start to see hip-hop jewelry regularly in jewelry auctions around the world. Therefore, anybody who gets on the train early can only do well financially in the long run.”

Thinking World Wells Long Whole Running Train Hip Hop Around The World Hips Hops Long Runs Jewelry Auctions

Author:Simon de Pury

“Provenance is something very important in jewelry. You want to know who has worn a piece of jewelry and who it has belonged to - it's part of its history, part of its aura.”

Knows Want Important Pieces Worn Jewelry Auras

Author:Simon de Pury

“In a way, there's nothing more intimate than a piece of jewelry. A painting is hung on somebody's wall. You put a piece of furniture in your home. But jewelry is worn by a person, so there is a fascination with the history of a piece.”

Way Persons Home Pieces Painting Wall Intimate Worn Hung Furniture Fascination Jewelry

Author:Simon de Pury

“In general, you have great artists who have died far too early and who have left great cultural impact. If you look at people like Vincent van Gogh or Jean-Michel Basquiat-there's a long, long list of artists who have died in tragic circumstances, and far, far too early.”

People Ifs Looks Long Artist Left Circumstances Died Impact Lists Tragic Great Art Vans Great Artist Basquiat

Author:Simon de Pury

“Critics are always complaining about the materialism of hip-hop and accusing the artists of living way above their means. But this ostentatious sort of spending isn't strictly the province of hip-hop. It's almost like a continuation of the American Dream.”

Way Mean Dream Artist Critics Hip Hop Spending Complaining Hips Hops Materialism American Dream Provinces Continuation Accusing Ostentatious Always Complaining

Author:Simon de Pury

“If you speak to young kids anywhere in the world, hip-hop is the music that they like to listen to more than any other type, so the influence simply cannot be underestimated.”

Ifs World Kids Young Speak Influence Type Hip Hop Hips Hops Underestimated

Author:Simon de Pury

“I think that creative people, wherever they are, in any field, take inspiration wherever they can find it.”

People Thinking Inspiration Creative Fields Creative People

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“I think it's a tribute to the artistic importance of hip-hop culture and what hip-hop has brought into music and fashion and jewelry that it is being adapted or imitated or is inspiring variations or new types of art or new types of music.”

Thinking Art Culture Fashion Type Importance Hip Hop Artistic Hips Hops Variation Jewelry Tribute Adapted

Author:Simon de Pury

“I think imitation is always the greatest form of flattery.”

Thinking Form Imitation Flattery

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“There has always been a correlation between money and art.”

Art Correlation

Author:Simon de Pury

“What I feel with the best of hip-hop music and with the best of what has been produced by hip-hop culture is that it's going to be timeless, and it's going to last.”

Feels Has Beens Lasts Culture Hip Hop Hips Hops Timeless Hip Hop Music

Author:Simon de Pury

“All-around 21st-century artist the great Kanye West at Design Miami/ Basel”

Artist Century Design West 21st Century Miami

Author:Simon de Pury

“While we do not need art to live, I couldn't imagine a life without it.”

Needs Art Imagine

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“My alter ego does not look in too great a mood today.”

Looks Doe Today Ego Mood Alter Ego

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Born: 1951
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