Childe Hassam Quotes

The nice thing about the gallery shows is that without having to pay any money you can just go and see it.

I like to see things. I see a lot more art than I'd like to see. We have to be polite and see the art shows of people we know. We see a lot of art.

Small paintings can be fantastic. But you can't often get a narrative out of a small painting. In any case, museums are huge places, and you want to take up some space.

The sun never sets on my gallery.

These are the people who are going to see the pictures in my museum.

Almost all institutions own a lot more art than they can ever show, much of it revealing for its timeliness, genius, or sheer weirdness.

A painting in a museum hears more ridiculous opinions than anything else in the world.

When you're buying paintings, it feels grown up.

I love to collect modern art.

I collect a lot of art.

An art book is a museum without walls.

That which, perhaps, hears more nonsense than anything in the world, is a picture in a museum.

I'm an art collector, have been for years, and I paint. Needless to say, the artwork in my houses, apartment is extensive.

Perhaps at some time in the future, when you ask a friend to come up and look at your etchings, you will plug in your collection of video art.

At a certain point, I had so much artwork that I decided to respect the art and present them in a nice way, not just on a dusty shelf.

I go to museums. I buy art, even. You should see my house; we don't have any wall space left.

The Barnes Foundation is the only sane place to see art in America.

If I had been in the gallery, I'd have gone home.

First let me report that the art in the Barnes Collection has never looked better. My trips to the old Barnes were always amazing, but except on the sunniest days, you could barely see the art. The building always felt pushed beyond its capacity.

We are similar to a museum. My function is to present old masterpieces in modern frames.

My dream since I was a kid was to show in a gallery.

You don't have to be Pope Julius to have great art in your house.

My mum is a big collector of art.

I love art, in particular, paintings. I have, well, a lot.

I have tons of art books. I have them all over the place. They are in my car, in my bag, and in my studio. There are books around me all the time.