42 Quotes by Arne Glimcher

Film and art are close together.

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.

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.

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.

I’ve always been in love with the movies. They’re the dreams of the 20th Century.

Elvis Presley’s music never meant anything to me. Mambo was the music I loved – it spoke to me.

I don’t believe in selling art by transparencies. Art is a firsthand experience.

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.

It’s possible to have more than one interest. I’ve been a painter and did summer stock.