Author: Larry Gagosian

Quotes

The more people who look at great art, the better for our culture.

The more people who look at great art, the better for our culture.

- Larry Gagosian

Honestly, I grew up in pretty modest circumstances. We were a middle-class family.

Honestly, I grew up in pretty modest circumstances. We were a middle-class family.

- Larry Gagosian

San Francisco has always been a great city for art collectors.

San Francisco has always been a great city for art collectors.

- Larry Gagosian

Some people buy art because they're confident that it'll be a good store value, and this is kind of a recent phenomenon.

Some people buy art because they're confident that it'll be a good store value, and this is kind of a recent phenomenon.

- Larry Gagosian

I never really took a proper art class in college. I just started reading art magazines and going to galleries. I was really drawn to it.

I never really took a proper art class in college. I just started reading art magazines and going to galleries. I was really drawn to it.

- Larry Gagosian

The art world is never going to be popular like the NFL, but more people are buying art and I think that's cushioning, to a great extent, our art-market cycles.

The art world is never going to be popular like the NFL, but more people are buying art and I think that's cushioning, to a great extent, our art-market cycles.

- Larry Gagosian

I believe in the popularizing of art. But when you get right down to it, it's a bit of an elitist world. Not just economically elitist - how many people read poetry?

I believe in the popularizing of art. But when you get right down to it, it's a bit of an elitist world. Not just economically elitist - how many people read poetry?

- Larry Gagosian

Take Damien Hirst out of contemporary art history, and there's an incredible void. Great artists, like great people, have second acts.

Take Damien Hirst out of contemporary art history, and there's an incredible void. Great artists, like great people, have second acts.

- Larry Gagosian

You get to a point where you really can't manage more artists, because representing artists takes a lot of time.

You get to a point where you really can't manage more artists, because representing artists takes a lot of time.

- Larry Gagosian

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