44 Quotes by Larry Gagosian

Professionally, what comes first is representing the artist.Whether they're alive or dead.

I think functioning as a business manager can be a hindrance to having a real dialogue with the artist. I do think that artists need good lawyers and accountants, because they're dealing with serious money. But an artist who stands behind a manager? That's a little different. I think that can be a bad buffer.

The sun never sets on my gallery.

The art market is global now, and theres becoming more of an international consensus about what constitutes good art.

I don't know what 'loyal' means,

The so-called “secondary market” has also always been something that I’m comfortable with. I’m not a dealer who turns his nose up at that part of the business. I’m an art dealer – my primary responsibility is to represent the artist.

For me, collecting is sort of a natural extension of being an art dealer, because if you don’t want to collect the artist, then you probably shouldn’t be representing them.

When a collector says, “You’ve got to educate me,” or “What’s a good investment?” then I don’t know what to say. I have no idea. Let’s face it, I’m probably going to recommend artists that I represent.

I play hard. So the critical stuff doesn’t surprise me or bother me.