Rather harshing on collectors…!

From http://www.diacenter.org/km/nation.html “I met many big collectors. Ninety-nine percent of them were either really stupid, illiterate people or just vicious people. There were some exceptions, but really very few.” Wow…I can’t say I’ve ever met a big collector–maybe not even a medium-size collector. But if that’s true, it’s rather a depressing thing to contemplate. Anyway…the…

From http://www.diacenter.org/km/nation.html

“I met many big collectors. Ninety-nine percent of them were either really stupid, illiterate people or just vicious people. There were some exceptions, but really very few.”

Wow…I can’t say I’ve ever met a big collector–maybe not even a medium-size collector. But if that’s true, it’s rather a depressing thing to contemplate.

Anyway…the original reason I wanted to link to the article was because of the provocative points it made about: what is “good” or “quality” art? I always want to believe there is such a thing, but every time I think I can put my finger on a definition it evaporates before my eyes.

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