Paul Mellon Quotes

United States, Businessman
June 11, 1907 – February, 1, 1999.

Paul Mellon was an American philanthropist and an owner/breeder of thoroughbred racehorses. He is one of only five people ever designated an "Exemplar of Racing" by the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.

Also known as Philanthropist

Collecting is the sort of thing that creeps up on you.

Paul Mellon
- Collecting
- Creeps
Preliminary drawings or sketches in oil or pastel often have an immediacy and emotional appeal far greater than the final canvas.

Paul Mellon
- Canvas
- Final
- Drawings

When you give away large sums of money, you can cause as much damage as you may do good.

Paul Mellon
- Good
- Money
- Damage
There is no intellectual or emotional substitute for the authentic, the original, the unique masterpiece.

Paul Mellon
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.

Paul Mellon
Just as there is no substitute for original works of art, there is no substitute for the world of direct sensual experience.

Paul Mellon