“If I want to pursue the art of painting - or music or writing or sculpture - it requires only my time and a few dollars for materials. If, however, I want to produce a motion picture I have to go out and raise a million dollars!” IfsWantWritingArtMillionsProducePaintingMaterialsRaisesDollarsPursueMy TimeSculptureMillion DollarsMotion Pictures Author:Orson Welles
“At one point Trudeau mentioned to me that the National Gallery wanted to buy a masterpiece by the great Italian painter Lotto, and it needed a million dollars from the Treasury Board. "Is that Lotto-Quebec or Lotto-Canada?" I joked, but I got the message, and the National Gallery got the painting.” WantedMillionsPaintingNeededMessagesDollarsPainterBoardsCanadaItalianMasterpieceGalleryMillion DollarsTreasuryQuebec Author:Jean Chretien
“When HSBC took the painting out of their building, they had to block the road and use a crane to bring the painting out from the window. They spent about 20,000 dollars just to get the painting out of the building! They said not to bring it back, and told Sotheby's to sell it immediately!” SaidUseBuildingPaintingWindowSellsDollarsBlockThey SaidCranes Author:Liu Dan
“No one can really explain in a rational way what makes a good photograph or a bad photograph... This is why the art world will not throw billions of dollars at photography the way it has at painting; and that is what makes it an exciting medium.” WorldWayArtPaintingPhotographyExcitingDollarsPhotographBillionsRationalMediumsArt World Book:Close to the Knives: A Memoir of Disintegration Source: Close to the Knives: A Memoir of Disintegration
“Picasso didn't stop painting when he was 41 years old because he felt he wasn't relevant, but he kept going and the painting he made before he died are now worth 40 million dollars.” YearsMadeFeltMillionsPaintingDiedDollarsRelevantMillion Dollars Author:Peter Frampton