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

While we do not need art to live, I couldn't imagine a life without it.

- 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

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

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 admire about Snoop Dogg is his longevity. I mean, he's been around for a long time and I think he's as good as he's ever been.

- 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