Charles Saatchi Quotes
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I'm always trying to find 'connections' between things. That art is the juxtaposition of a lot of things that seem unrelated but add up to something recognizable.
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I feel like Adele is a diva. Not in the bad way. She is one of the greatest voices of this industry and of her own art. What she offers is so unique that she's risen to such a status that very few artists can enjoy.
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I liked that music was a window into a world with a lot of unpredictability and chaos; it was almost diametrically opposed to my very regimented day-to-day living.
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Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.
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Self-censorship is a lie to yourself; if you are going to be trying to seriously create art, to create literary art, and you decide to hold back, to censor yourself, then you are a fool to yourself and it would be better that you kept your mouth shut and did not speak.
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I remember I heard it in an interview with Michael Jackson one day, saying the art is gone, everybody makes records just to make a record. See, I always want the artist that try to build a whole body of music on one album, so you can enjoy it. So you could say, 'I went with him here, I went with him here.'
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My family always encouraged my drawing ability. Kids in school who teased me about my reading would get out of their seats and stand behind my desk as I worked and go, 'Wow, you can really draw.' Later, I earned a degree in Fine Art and got a Ph.D. in Art History.
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I think that's what art is about: to provoke you. It helps me make sense of a senseless universe because I become the god of the story. I create it, and I see it in all its lineaments in my own way and can control it – in a world in which everything else is out of control.
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The terrifying and edible beauty of Art Nouveau architecture.
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I was a pretty pretentious kid. I was always making art.
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To keep art stimulating, it's important to open it up to new horizons, which includes showing it in unexpected contexts.
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In an era ruled by materialism and unstable geopolitics, art must be restored to the center of public education.
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I don't put myself under pressure.
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I feel the art world in New York has a stronger following than Britain. If you go to a New York art district on a Saturday morning, it will be so busy with families and openings - art is much more ingrained in the culture.
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Art is a mind-game that we do to make our lives easier. If it isn't for that, it becomes superfluous.
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Love isn't an emotion or an instinct - it's an art.
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I'm going to start these art museums that are basically converted homes, and I have one for modern art, and I have one for 19th century European art, and one for French impressionism. I've got Japanese.
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When you make art, you get really invested in it. When art happens by accident and you were just along for the ride? It's way more fun.
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The real reason I love Bamburgh is that it's the only place in the world where I ever truly relax.
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It gets harder and harder to succeed and find audiences with the 500-channel universe, the remote control, and people being so trigger happy with that remote control. It just gets harder to get a foothold.
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Voters must have faith in the electoral process for our democracy to succeed.
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It is impossible to comfort men's hearts with the love of God when their feet are perishing with cold.
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No more pencils, no more books, no more teachers' dirty looks, when the teacher rings the bell, drop your books and run like hell...
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Artists need a lot of collectors, all kinds of collectors, buying their art.
