Arne Glimcher Quotes

United States, Art Dealer
March 12, 1938

Arnold "Arne" Glimcher (born March 12, 1938) is an American art dealer, film producer and director. He is the founder of The Pace Gallery. Glimcher has also produced and directed several films, including The Mambo Kings and Just Cause.

Also known as Film Producer, Film Director

When Robert Benton was doing the movie 'In the Still of the Night,' I'd choreographed the auction scene and supplied the paintings and had a bit part - I was bidding against Meryl Streep.

Arne Glimcher
- Movie
- Night
Elvis Presley's music never meant anything to me. Mambo was the music I loved - it spoke to me.

Arne Glimcher
- Music

I was an actor as a kid in Boston. Then I went to art school with Brice Marden, the Massachusetts College of Art. So the hybrid of being an actor and artist is a director.

Arne Glimcher
- School
- Art
- College
Draw what you see.

Arne Glimcher
When Nixon opened the door to China in the early 1970s, Chinese artists got their first view of the West. Suddenly five centuries of Western art lay before them as a stylistic smorgasbord. Chinese artists could reinterpret it out of admiration or try to replace it. They choose the former.

Arne Glimcher
- Art
- Door
- Chinese
I would begin by collecting lithographs and etchings. It's a way of coming in and benefiting from real quality art. Even younger artists make wonderful prints. Prints can become very valuable. That's how I began collecting.

Arne Glimcher
- Real
- Art
- Quality
I've always been in love with the movies. They're the dreams of the 20th Century.

Arne Glimcher
It's possible to have more than one interest. I've been a painter and did summer stock.

Arne Glimcher
- Summer
- Stock