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Charles Saatchi

My Name is Charles Saatchi and I am an Artoholic New Extended Edition

  • Darya Bukhtoyarovahas quoted6 years ago
    with household cleanser. He would have more respect for the artist, and the artwork to contemplate something so foolhardy and callous.
    Only an artist could treat his own work with such nonchalant brutality.
  • Darya Bukhtoyarovahas quoted6 years ago
    The point here is that a professional restorer would never, ever, simply scrub a painting
  • Darya Bukhtoyarovahas quoted6 years ago
    Do you feel that the glass is half-full or half-
    empty?
    Either way, drink it and fill it up again.
  • Darya Bukhtoyarovahas quoted6 years ago
    your own decisions, you’re never going to be much of a collector anyway.
  • Darya Bukhtoyarovahas quoted6 years ago
    Whom, if anyone, do you listen to for advice
    when buying art?
    Nobody can give you advice after you’ve been collecting for a while. If you don’t enjoy making
  • Darya Bukhtoyarovahas quoted6 years ago
    What skills and qualities are you looking for in a “great artist”?
    I don’t know.
    That’s why I enjoy looking.
  • Darya Bukhtoyarovahas quoted6 years ago
    How do you decide whether something is worth £10 or £10 million?
    It’s not up to me to decide how much something is worth. People can ask what they like and I either put up or shut up.
  • Darya Bukhtoyarovahas quoted6 years ago
    Any ambitions left?
    Maybe I’m just not a checklist kind of person.
  • Darya Bukhtoyarovahas quoted6 years ago
    I find the theatre faintly embarrassing for the actors performing on stage. It seems rather showy-off in an undignified way.
  • Darya Bukhtoyarovahas quoted6 years ago
    What difference does it make if a Titian is hanging in the National Gallery, the Louvre or the Uffizi?
    This isn’t the 18th century: people travel, so there’s no need to be nationalistic about the world’s art treasures. Much more important is to back living artists.
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