Author: Larry Gagosian

Quotes

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

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

The art market is global now, and there's becoming more of an international consensus about what constitutes good art.

The art market is global now, and there's becoming more of an international consensus about what constitutes good art.

- Larry Gagosian

Naturally, liquidity is a big factor in any market that seems to be a lot of money in the world, and there's a lot of discretionary money.

Naturally, liquidity is a big factor in any market that seems to be a lot of money in the world, and there's a lot of discretionary money.

- 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

When a great artist gets my attention, I pursue it. If I don't, someone else will, you know what I'm saying?

When a great artist gets my attention, I pursue it. If I don't, someone else will, you know what I'm saying?

- 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

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

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

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

- Larry Gagosian

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