There is no intellectual or emotional substitute for the authentic, the original, the unique masterpiece. Votes: 12
Preliminary drawings or sketches in oil or pastel often have an immediacy and emotional appeal far greater than the final canvas. Votes: 9
Within 18 months of my parents' marriage in 1900, my mother fell in love with an Englishman who would have described himself as a gentleman but who was, in fact, nothing more than a devious adventurer. Votes: 8
College isn't the only answer. Reading is a college that you can and should attend all your life. Votes: 5
Just as there is no substitute for original works of art, there is no substitute for the world of direct sensual experience. Votes: 5
In a way, my father was lucky. He had a hunch that his vision of the National Gallery would interest other collectors and persuade them to come in with him, and that hunch proved to be right. Votes: 5
When you give away large sums of money, you can cause as much damage as you may do good. Votes: 5
Collecting is the sort of thing that creeps up on you. Votes: 3
The horse is an archetypal symbol which will always find ways to stir up deep and moving ancestral memories in every human being. Votes: 0