Art Enthusiasm Quotes

I'm a huge art buff.

A collection makes its own demands. Many artists have been collectors. I think of it rather as an illness. I felt it was using up too much energy.

I am an enthusiast on the subject of the arts…. its object is to improve the taste of my countrymen, to increase their reputation, to reconcile to them the respect of the world, and procure them its praise.

Unfortunately, the general interest in art among the Japanese is very low compared to that of Western countries. I would love to be able to correct that by bringing many more pieces of interesting artwork to Japan.

In October 1959, I could scarcely wait to get off the plane that had brought me to New Delhi so that I could go to the Indian Arts Palace in Connaught Place and begin buying miniature paintings.

I was a real art freak when I was a teenager.

My Scottish grandfather, John W. Blyth, was a man addicted to paintings. A manufacturer of linen, he spent all his surplus money on pictures.

I absolutely love American folk art, can't get enough of it.

I love going to art galleries. The Tate Modern is one of my favourite things to do. But I don't invest in the history of it and I don't read up on it. I am a guy who would buy a print rather than buy an original.

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

I love art, but I've never bought an artwork or even considered it.

I would love to be able to share my artwork with as many people as possible so that I can help spread an appreciation for art in general.

I'm so in awe of what visual artists do and I do understand the differences of what visual artists do. I have a small art collection I hope to expand.

Everything is there: the love of Art.

I love painters because I don't paint, so I get to enjoy art; I like collecting paintings.

My two goals are to read everything Edith Wharton has ever written and to have an art collection.

My love of fine art increased - the more of it I saw, the more of it I wanted to see.

I love the affection that people in Gujarat shower artists with.

I have a passion for modern and contemporary art.

When I'm traveling the world, I don't ever look anymore at the geography - just enough to catch galleries and paintings.

I love to collect modern art.

I'd live in a museum if I could. I used to spend hours and hours in the Museum of Modern Art.

I'm actually really obsessed with folk art.

My dark little secret is that I don't actually believe many people in the art world have much feeling for art.

My job is art curator, not artist. All I have ever wanted to do is immerse myself in art, to enjoy it, to learn about it, to write about it, to talk to others about it.