Article: Why we collect Art...
"Good as it is to inherit art, it
is better to collect art"
(Augustine Birrell)
is better to collect art"
(Augustine Birrell)
"For 25 years, we have been obeying
the crazy impulse to buy works of art.
What governs this impulse I cannot
say." (Sir Kenneth Clark)
the crazy impulse to buy works of art.
What governs this impulse I cannot
say." (Sir Kenneth Clark)
If it moved me, that was enough.
Being moved is what collecting is all about.
(Walter Annenberg)
Being moved is what collecting is all about.
(Walter Annenberg)
If you possess even one beautiful
artwork, it teaches you more, by its
proximity, than a hundred visits to
museums. (Beverley Nichols)
artwork, it teaches you more, by its
proximity, than a hundred visits to
museums. (Beverley Nichols)
To love a painting is to feel that is presence is...
not an object but a voice. (Andre Malraux)
not an object but a voice. (Andre Malraux)
"I am sure there is a collecting gene..." (Pro. John Little -
Harvard)
Harvard)
Collecting is a lifelong passion that many of us share...the thrill
of the hunt, the pursuit of the unusual and the quest for beauty.
No one questioned Julius Caesar when he carried his beloved
mosaic tables on military campaigns, and Sigmund Freud once
said that collecting was an addiction, rivaled only by the need
for nicotine! As you can see, hey weren't alone. (Barbara Ohbrach)
of the hunt, the pursuit of the unusual and the quest for beauty.
No one questioned Julius Caesar when he carried his beloved
mosaic tables on military campaigns, and Sigmund Freud once
said that collecting was an addiction, rivaled only by the need
for nicotine! As you can see, hey weren't alone. (Barbara Ohbrach)
I only buy paintings that keep
me awake at night! (Donald Hess)
me awake at night! (Donald Hess)
To love a painting is to feel that is
presence is... not an object but a voice.
(Andre Malraux)
presence is... not an object but a voice.
(Andre Malraux)
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