Yusaku Maezawa Quotes

I never buy a piece of art. I don't see the point in buying something because I know my eyes will get bored of it eventually.

I'm lucky enough and wealthy enough to be able to buy photographs and buy art that inspires me from day to day. I don't want a Picasso on my wall; it's great art, but it's dead art to me. I'd rather have a photograph by someone I've never heard of that really inspires me.

Art is inspiring. Walking into a gallery, or when the lights go up on a stage; that thrill of getting something that has nothing to do with acquisition.

It's only at this age that I can say the word 'art' without flinching.

I need art around me always.

I think that one of the most important things that art can do is give you a reason to look at something, almost give you permission to look at something.

I collect art like other people eat pizza. I can't get enough of it. I need a constant source of inspiration.

A lot of people are intimated by art, but it's something to be revered beyond criticism.

Art is the ultimate luxury good, but one that can make you think, give a you a blast of beauty and enhance your life. Even if the work's made of plasticine.

Art is not an investment. Art is something you buy because you are financially solvent enough to give yourself a pleasure of living with great works rather than having to just see them in museums. People who are buying art at the top of the market as an investment are foolish.

I always think that art is one of the most wonderful exciting curious ways to learn. I have no worries or apologies about art being used as a teaching medium.

I buy some art but I don't like to talk about it.

I always loved aesthetics. Not particularly fashion, but an idea of beauty.

It is not sufficient to see and to know the beauty of a work. We must feel and be affected by it.

Music, architecture and pictures have always been my passions, and all that material wealth has meant for me, is being able to have some of the pictures I liked.

The funny thing is musicians often love to go to see visual art because you've got all these pictures to turn into metaphors.

Viewing abstract art requires more imagination. The result is more intense involvement of the viewer—more pleasurable.

I think that art has the ability to capture people's imaginations and make them think that more is possible.

Seeing Cubism paintings at the Beaubourg makes me very happy and, also, old films.

I like art. It's another way to rebel.

As I create art, it is like a love affair. My days go by loving what I do.

Everyone uses art for different reasons: We use it as entertainment. We use it as an escape. We use it as comfort. Everyone uses it for different reasons.

If buying art is to matter to us deeply, then it has to engage with our emotions and bring something to what one might as well, and with no supernatural associations whatsoever, call our souls.

Yes, films need to make their money back - it's an expensive business, and people need to be paid for what's involved - but just because you can, it doesn't mean you should.

All the art that's in my house is my own, which is nice because I never have to worry about buying it.