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Peggy Guggenheim Quotes



Quotes by Peggy Guggenheim - (8 quotes)

Peggy Guggenheim - From the Advice category:

I took advice from none but the best. I listened, how I listened! That's how I finally became my own expert. (Peggy Guggenheim)

Peggy Guggenheim - From the Collectors category:

If Venice sinks, the collection should be preserved somewhere in the vicinity of Venice. (Peggy Guggenheim)

Peggy Guggenheim - From the Desire category:

Peace was the one thing that Max (Ernst) needed in order to paint, and love was the one thing I needed in order to live. As neither of us gave the other what he most desired, our union was doomed to failure. (Peggy Guggenheim)

Peggy Guggenheim - From the Fame category:

Fifty per cent of the people who come here genuinely want to see my collection; the others to meet what they consider a celebrity. (Peggy Guggenheim)

Peggy Guggenheim - From the Gender category:

I was a liberated woman long before there was a name for it. (Peggy Guggenheim)

Peggy Guggenheim - From the Impressionism category:

My knowledge of art ended at impressionism. (Peggy Guggenheim)

Peggy Guggenheim - From the Modernism category:

I wore one of my (Yves) Tanguy earrings and one made by (Alexander) Calder in order to show my impartiality between Surrealist and Abstract Art. (Peggy Guggenheim)

Peggy Guggenheim - From the Museums category:

Having plenty of time and all the museum's funds at my disposal, I put myself on a regime to buy one picture a day. (Peggy Guggenheim)