“ A picture is nowadays “presented” in the midst of furniture, ornaments, hangings of the same period, a second-hand scheme of decoration…; and among these, the masterpiece at which we glance up from the table while we dine does not give us that exhilarating delight which we can expect only from it in a public gallery, which symbolizes far better by its bareness, by the absence of all irritating detail, those innermost spaces into which the artist withdrew to create it.”
A current American collector.
“My friends said to me “Just go to museums and SEE all the art you want.” But for me, I wanted to own the pieces. I wanted to experience what it is what like to have a cup of coffee in the morning with a great work of art in front of me".
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