D. W. Winnicott

There’s no collection that has a better representation of post-war American art than David Geffen’s.

The truth is of course is that there is no journey. We are arriving and departing all at the same time.

Make the best of every moment. We’re not evolving. We’re not going anywhere.

A poem is a naked person… Some people say that I am a poet.

Mother’s interest in contemporary American artists emerged during the 1920s.

I got more publicity for not doing a festival than for doing the festival.

In the field of art, to be able to have lunch with Kirk Varnedoe is thrilling. I met him at Si and Victoria Newhouse’s dinner one night. Barnett Newman’s widow was there. That’s the part of me that’s a fan. Like when I was a kid and went to the Brooklyn Paramount. Well, my interest has expanded, and it’s not just rock-and-roll.

The arts are at the center of a nation’s purpose and a test of civilization.

I don’t want to put too many boxes on it because the work speaks louder than words.

Everybody has that feeling when they look at a work of art and it’s right, that sudden familiarity, a sort of…recognition, as though they were creating it themselves, as though it were being created through them while they look at it or listen to it.

I cry out for order and find it only in art.

I think of art as the highest level of creativity. To me, it is one of the greatest sources of enjoyment.

Have no fear of perfection. You’ll never reach it.

I believe that all creative people have more than one passion, more than one creative talent.

One of the things about creativity is you can be in denial about these things. When I found out I had cancer, there were four hours in which I was pounding my head on the marble kitchen top saying, “I can’t believe it, I can’t believe it.” But then I felt as if this little army in uniform was flooding me. They had come to help me fight it. I felt really strong about it after that. It was one of the strongest periods of my life.