It was my father's hope, and it is ours, that the National Gallery would become not a static but a living institution, growing in usefulness and importance to artists, scholars and the general public.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
In a way, my father was lucky. He had a hunch that his vision of the National Gallery would interest other collectors and persuade them to come in with him, and that hunch proved to be right.
I like all sorts of art, that's why I love wandering around The National Gallery.
I see little of more importance to the future of our country and of civilization than full recognition of the place of the artist. If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him.
An interesting thing happened in 1989, right as I was graduating: the stock market crashed and really changed the landscape of the art world in New York. It made the kind of work I was doing interesting to galleries that wouldn't have normally been interested in it.
I do see myself as the heir to a vast, great, rich culture of painting - of art in general - which we have lost, but which places obligations on us.
The most wonderful time to be in the art world was in the sixties, because it wasn't a business - there was no business of doing art.
As a regent, I hope to bring that important perspective of a typical family visitor in combination with my background as a Member of Congress and a proponent of the Smithsonian's efforts to reach all Americans.
When I left the Royal College, I decided I would only make paintings that I would want to look at myself, that felt close to my life.
I wanted to start a revolution, using art to build the sort of society I myself envisioned.
I love going to galleries, particularly the National Portrait Gallery.
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