"I don't think ever before in the whole of human history has so much art been made, bought, and sold. It's a massive international business. So, I think there's a lot of reasons why the art world as opened up and I think on the whole, it's far better for it."

-- Will Gompertz

#Art Quotes #Thinking Quotes #World Quotes

“The best bet you get is an even break.”
“Life is simple. Everything happens for you, not to you.”
“People donâ€™t fear the wind until it fells a tree. Then, they say itâ€™s too much.”
“The human rainbow had been mutilated by machismo, racism, militarism and a lot of other isms, who have been terribly killing our greatness, our possible greatness, our possible beauty.”
“Best friends are like diamonds, precious and rare. False friends are like leaves, found everywhere.”
“It's a special place, and I believe in the prominence of America, and having America be and continue to be an exceptional place, and making no apologies for America being a superpower.”
“When I was starting to get noticed as an actor in the 1970s for something other than the third cowboy on the right who ended up dying in every movie or episode, Burt Reynolds was the biggest star in the world.”
“The fact is remarkable, that though education in its higher degrees is popularly neglected in Siam, there is scarcely a man or woman in the empire who cannot read and write.”

Source : Anna Leonowens (2009). “The English Governess at the Siamese Court: Being Recollections of Six Years in the Royal Palace at Bangkok”, Applewood Books

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