Fairs are beneath the dignity of art. To stand there in a booth and hawk your wares - it is just not how you sell art. Arne Glimcher More Quotes by Arne Glimcher More Quotes From Arne Glimcher Your life moves in patterns toward things, and things that we achieve finally are part of this mosaic. I just think that we create our own fate. Arne Glimcher fate moving thinking I actually taught perceptual psychology at N.Y.U. when I was younger. I was interested in the aesthetic impulse in lower primates. But what really interested me in Dian Fossey was that she made a difference - she saved the gorillas. Arne Glimcher gorillas psychology differences When Robert Benton was doing the movie 'In the Still of the Night,' I'd choreographed the auction scene and supplied the paintings and had a bit part - I was bidding against Meryl Streep. Arne Glimcher bidding auctions night I like the idea of a love story between men. There is a great affection between men, which exists much more in ethnic groups: Latin, Italian, Jewish. Arne Glimcher italian latin men I was an actor as a kid in Boston. Then I went to art school with Brice Marden, the Massachusetts College of Art. So the hybrid of being an actor and artist is a director. Arne Glimcher kids art school I think very often the price paid for a work is the trophy itself. Arne Glimcher trophies paid thinking No one's ever called me anything but 'Arne.' Arne Glimcher I've been told I'm a good midcareer manager. Arne Glimcher managers The most wonderful time to be in the art world was in the sixties, because it wasn't a business - there was no business of doing art. Arne Glimcher wonderful world art I've always been in love with the movies. They're the dreams of the 20th Century. Arne Glimcher 20th-century century dream It's possible to have more than one interest. I've been a painter and did summer stock. Arne Glimcher painter interest summer If Abstract Expression reached for the sublime, Pop turned ordinary imagery into icons. Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol illuminated the transformative power of context and the process of reproduction. Claes Oldenburg's soft ice-cream cones and hamburgers changed sculpture from hard to soft, from stasis to transformation. Arne Glimcher ice-cream icons expression As a result of World War II, European artists migrated to America, enlarging the scene and diminishing Paris as the center. America was beginning its dominance of the art world with the emergence of the Abstract Expressionists. Arne Glimcher paris war art People see owning a gallery as a way to get rich. I never thought that I could get rich in the art world. I wanted a life in art. I wanted to live with artists. I wanted to make beautiful shows. Arne Glimcher beautiful people art There is more to representing art than selling art. The life of the gallery is dependent on the renewal and refreshment of its artists and dealers. When that stops happening, it's the end. Arne Glimcher renewal selling art Art is a tool by which society extends its perception. Arne Glimcher perception tools art Elvis Presley's music never meant anything to me. Mambo was the music I loved - it spoke to me. Arne Glimcher spokes Film and art are close together. Arne Glimcher film together art Everything happens through relationships. Arne Glimcher things-happen happens I don't believe in selling art by transparencies. Art is a firsthand experience. Arne Glimcher selling believe art
