There has always been a correlation between money and art.

- Simon De Pury

All-around 21st-century artist the great Kanye West at Design Miami/ Basel

- Simon De Pury

Provenance is something very important in jewelry. You want to know who has worn a piece of jewelry and who it has belonged to - it's part of its his…

- Simon De Pury

If you speak to young kids anywhere in the world, hip-hop is the music that they like to listen to more than any other type, so the influence simply …

- Simon De Pury

In a way, there's nothing more intimate than a piece of jewelry. A painting is hung on somebody's wall. You put a piece of furniture in your home. Bu…

- Simon De Pury

In general, you have great artists who have died far too early and who have left great cultural impact. If you look at people like Vincent van Gogh o…

- Simon De Pury

In the early '80s, I was blown away when I began to hear some of the earliest hip-hop songs, and I'm fascinated by all the permutations the genre has…

- Simon De Pury

I think there is going to be a whole market and we'll start to see hip-hop jewelry regularly in jewelry auctions around the world. Therefore, anybody…

- Simon De Pury

What I feel with the best of hip-hop music and with the best of what has been produced by hip-hop culture is that it's going to be timeless, and it's…

- Simon De Pury