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Art is fun to buy.

I don't buy art to put away somewhere. I buy art to appreciate, enjoy, and live with. It's supposed to add to your life.

Art is often valuable precisely because it isn't a sensible way to make money.

It is a myth that art has to be sold. It is not like stocking a grocery store where people fill a pushcart. Art is a product that has no apparent need. The salesperson builds the need in the mind of the buyer.

There's always been an ongoing struggle between commerce and art.

I paint for the sheer joy of painting. I have never sold any of my paintings. I'd rather give them to people for free.

Fairs are beneath the dignity of art. To stand there in a booth and hawk your wares - it is just not how you sell art.

I think an art collection is a lot like a diary. Your taste evolves with time. I try to never sell anything, because it's part of my journey.

When you're buying paintings, it feels grown up.

I don't believe in selling art by transparencies. Art is a firsthand experience.