James Lafferty Quotes

I buy 1920s iridescent Scottish glass. I love the way the sun hits it every morning. You touch something and you know. To me, people should buy something they love. Buy something you'd want to come downstairs and stroke.

I probably have 15 to 20 Dalis in the store. The secret to buying Dali - never buy one made after 1970.

I don't want to sell to street art collectors, I want to sell to art collectors.

That's the value of a college education... I don't know anywhere in the world where you can make an investment and make that kind of return.

I look for individuality in the artisans I work with for CoutureLab; a loving relationship with the product and care in the construction, along with the story behind it, make couture desirable to consumers looking for something that cannot be mass-produced.

We do not need to be shoemakers to know if our shoes fit, and just as little have we any need to be professionals to acquire knowledge of matters of universal interest.

It is common knowledge now that we depend on insects for our continued existence; that, without key pollinators, the human population would collapse in less than a decade.

Everything has been said yet few have taken advantage of it. Since all our knowledge is essentially banal, it can only be of value to minds that are not.

Fine art is knowledge made visible.

Our best teachers do more than impart facts and figures - they inspire and encourage students and instill a true desire to learn. That's a fine art in itself.

I am guilty of using dollar signs as proof of a work of art's longevity.

I really just started buying art as a passion. I never considered it an investment, but it ended up being a good investment.

To my mind the old masters are not art; their value is in their scarcity.

Truthfully, everyone knows how to eat right. They know the difference between oatmeal and a jelly cream doughnut. They know how to walk. Everyone has this in their brain. When I started, we didn't have all this knowledge.

Financial crisis is the moment of truth for real collectors and true artists.

I explained to the lady my love for John and his work, and she made it possible for me to purchase one of the 24 proofs, the one for 'I'm So Tired,' which I have on my piano at home.

Artists need a lot of collectors, all kinds of collectors, buying their art.

That knowledge which is popular is not scientific.

Art collectors are pretty insignificant in the scheme of things. What matters and survives is the art. I buy art that I like. I buy it to show it off in exhibitions. Then, if I feel like it, I sell it and buy more art.

I never thought I would get to have my own action figure.

If you're a devoted collector of design, you seek out objects you can love to live with but also live in.

The best teachers, one hopes, don't shout at their students - because they are skilled at wooing as well as demanding the best efforts of others. For the ancient Greeks and Romans, this wooing was a sufficiently fine art in itself to be the central focus of education.

I really like stuff that is collectible that you can hold and go, 'There's only a few people that have this.' I like to see that someone's put a lot of labor into making something.

In a gallery, there's an expectation of high prices and a somewhat elitist atmosphere.

Be true to yourself. Make each day a masterpiece. Help others. Drink deeply from good books. Make friendship a fine art. Build a shelter against a rainy day.