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“Your eye becomes more mature. What you don't see the first time, you keep looking, and eventually you'll see it. And when you are confident with what your eye sees, you know you've got to have it.”

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Laurence Graff

Laurence Graff, born on June 13, 1938, is an influential figure in the field of [Occupation/Category]. more

“Don't try to buy art as an investment. Buy something you really love because you're going to have to look at it again tomorrow. And an investment can go up or down. Buy something you really adore, you really like, and you want to live with. And if you decide some years later you don't want to live with it anymore, sell it. Get out.”

Trying Art Love Is Tomorrow Investment Adore Adore You

Author:Laurence Graff

“I'm attracted to the work of younger artists, and it's affordable compared to mature art, so you can take a chance much easier on a younger artist. I can't say that I've found an artist who I think is going to be the next Bacon or Warhol. You shouldn't have to do that really. You go forward, and you find something new.”

Thinking Art Artist Chance Something New Mature Take A Chance Affordable Warhol

Author:Laurence Graff

“Unfortunately, some of the young talants are becoming fashionable. And anything that's fashionable can become unfashionable. So one has to watch that. And it's very easy today because there are so many events - art fairs, gallery openings, etcetera. In fact, that's another thing that concerns me, the quantity of gallery openings. In my office in London, I get back after a week, and I have 30 invitations. It's too much.”

Art Today Easy Week Office Concern Quantity Invitations Fashionable

Author:Laurence Graff

“Art is like an avalanche being poured down your throat. You know it's going to crack, eventually it's going to go out of fashion. I wish there was much less happening. I wish there were fewer art dealers. I wish there were fewer auctions. I wish there were just two auctions a year.”

Art Wish Fashion Art Is Dealer

Author:Laurence Graff

“I'm just the annoying person who's like "Hi! My name is Alanna! Do you want to chat?"”

Annoying

Author:Alanna Masterson

“Obviously when you're a child actor, you have zero inhibitions. You don't care. You don't get introverted thinking people are looking at you funny.”

People Thinking Children Care Inhibitions Introverted

Author:Alanna Masterson

“I think that I originally became an actor because I was super, super dramatic. Over the top, all the time. I was the kid that would bump my knee and scream and cry as if I'd been shot in the face. So just automatically, the only outlet for my drama was acting and I loved theater.”

Thinking Kids Acting Cry Drama Dramatic Scream

Author:Alanna Masterson

“You never know when you're going to die in the show - it's kind of funny when you say that out of context, "I don't know when I'm going to die" - but you don't have time to have an ego or an attitude because you just get the chop.”

Kind Attitude Ego Of Context

Author:Alanna Masterson

“I think that age is irrelevant. We're all pretty much spiritual beings - I consider myself to be about eighty-five. I feel like I'm ancient, like two thousand years old.”

Thinking Age Spiritual Ancient Irrelevant

Author:Melody Gardot

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