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“Most people view the artistic process as something of a mystery. Leverage that, and engage your prospective clients with good stories. For many, buying art is their escape from the real world. Make it entertaining and enjoyable.”

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Author:Cory Trepanier

“Art is difficult. It's not entertainment. There are only a few people who can say something about art - it's very restricted. When I see a new artist I give myself a lot of time to reflect and decide whether it's art or not. Buying art is not understanding art.”

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Author:Anselm Kiefer

“Art is not an investment. Art is something you buy because you are financially solvent enough to give yourself a pleasure of living with great works rather than having to just see them in museums. People who are buying art at the top of the market as an investment are foolish.”

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Author:Arne Glimcher

“I'd like to live as a poor man with lots of money.”

“The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider's web.”

Source: Picasso: style and meaning

“It is good to have money and the things that money can buy, but it's good too, to check up once in a while and make sure you haven't lost the things money can't buy.”

Source: Old Gorgon Graham: More Letters from a Self-made Merchant to His Son

“I may not be much good at most things, but if I didnt have the pleasure of planning and installing shows, and doing it better than anyone else, I would have stopped buying art many years ago.”

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Book:My Name is Charles Saatchi and I am an Artoholic. New Extended Edition: Questions from Journalists and Readers

Source: My Name is Charles Saatchi and I am an Artoholic. New Extended Edition: Questions from Journalists and Readers

“I have many creative outlets. I sing, I like music, I like art, I paint, I draw. I like buying art. I read a lot, too. I love books. And I'm working on a clothing line, too.”

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Author:Evan Ross

“I'm very much involved in art. I started buying art a few years ago and really like the work of T.C. Cannon, who is a native American artist. Then I was introduced to Soviet-era Russian impressionism and started collecting that, especially Gely Korzhev.”

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Author:Ronnie Dunn

“Buying art is not understanding art.”

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Author:Anselm Kiefer