You Can Have Great Teachers, But If

Ideas, More Than Money, Are Really The Currency For Success.

My Wife Was The First Art Collector In The Family, And I Didn't Become Interested Until Around 1973. The First Important Artwork We Bought Was A Van Gogh Drawing Of Two Peasant Houses In Saintes-maries-de-la-mer.

The First Thing I Started Collecting Was Stamps. Until I Started Discovering Girls. That Was The End Of Stamps.

Contemporary Art Challenges Us.. It Broadens Our Horizons. It Asks Us To Think Beyond The Limits Of Conventional Wisdom.

Most Museums - With All Their Burdens To Pay For Exhibitions, Administration, And Security - Really Don't Have Any Money Really To Acquire Art, With Few Exceptions.