The art critics on some of Britain's newspapers could as easily have been assigned gardening or travel, and been cheerfully employed for life..

I regularly find myself waking up to art I passed by or simply ignored..

Many people cycle or swim to keep trim. But if swimming is so good for the figure, how do you explain whales?.

Nothing is as uplifting as standing before a great painting whether it was painted in 1505 or last Tuesday..

When a critic knows what she or he is looking at and writes revealingly about it, it's sublime..

There are no rules about investment. Sharks can be good. Artist's dung can be good. Oil on canvas can be good..

I don't buy art in order to leave a mark or to be remembered; clutching at immortality is of zero interest to anyone sane..

Lots of ambitious work by young artists ends up in a dumpster after its warehouse debut. So an unknown artist's big glass vitrine holding a rotting c….

Who's to say what will one day appear to have been trendsetting? Sometimes artists who receive breathless acclaim initially, seem to conk out. Other ….

The most abiding memory of visiting Lucian Freud's studio were his eyes, with the gimlet gaze of a Hooded Falcon. But he made for very relaxing compa….

Artists need a lot of collectors, all kinds of collectors, buying their art..

By and large, talent is in such short supply that mediocrity can be taken for brilliance rather more than genius can go undiscovered..

Nobody can give you advice after you've been collecting for a while. If you don't enjoy making your own decisions, you're never going to be much of a….

Be the Worst You Can Be: Life's Too Long for Patience and Virtue.

Art collectors are pretty insignificant in the scheme of things. What matters and survives is the art..

I primarily buy art to show it off..

Being an art buyer these days is comprehensively and indisputably vulgar. It is the sport of the Eurotrashy, Hedge-fundy, Hamptonites; of trendy olig….

I may not be much good at most things, but if I didnt have the pleasure of planning and installing shows, and doing it better than anyone else, I wou….

When you see something special, something inspired, you realise the debt we owe great curators and their unforgettable shows - literally unforgettabl….

I liked working in advertising, but don't believe my taste in art, such as it is, was entirely formed by TV commercials. And I don't feel especially ….

Being a good artist is the toughest job you could pick, and you have to be a little nuts to take it on..