Beauty
happiness
excitement
organization
and longevity
I didn't grow up with art
We used to go to museums
and I grew up seeing things in museums
I remember I was not such a fan of paintings
but I loved to go to historic sites
When I saw Versailles for the first time, when I was seven years old
I was like, "Oh my god! The King Sun?"
I remember, being king, how he used to walk around
Every single detail I wanted to know
I was thinking, "Wow!"
We're all human beings
We appear for awhile, and we leave
A notion of legacy?
I always admire how all collectors gave pieces to museums
and thanks to them, we are able to enjoy them
Being a collector has changed my life from night to day
That's who I am now
Art is always a reflection of the time you lived
Picasso changed, revolutionized the art world
There's something that is a reflection of what is happening now
Computers
And so, 100 years from now
that none of us will be here
When you go to a museum, someone will go
and say, "What was happening 100 years ago?"
Whether you like it or not, you assemble those artists
Well, the relation between an artist and a collector
can be great, and can be awful
Sometimes a collector has an ego
and sometimes
you hate the artist so much
and you dislike that person so much
There's a great sculptor in the art world
He's fantastic, and I'm not going to mention names
but the most-- a very rude person
and no, no, no, it was a big disappointment to meet him
and it is something that you don't like so much
There's a sense of-- it becomes an addiction
In my case... yes
It is something that you look at it
and even when you are not supposed to buy
and you don't even want to see the auction catalogue
you don't even want to go and see a show
because you're really overspent
when overspent, and I still go
and I buy something else
Ready?
Cy Twombly, Robert Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns, Andy Warhol
Brice Marden, Yoshitomo Nara, John Chamberlain
Antoni Tàpies, Jeff Koons, Louise Bourgeois
Rosemarie Trockel, Damien Hirst, Donald Judd
Ed Ruscha, Francis Alÿs, Gabriel Orozco
and me
himself
Okay, wait a second, wait a second, yes?
Yes, hello
Goodbye