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Paul Mellon Quotes & Sayings

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Famous Quotes By Paul Mellon

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The horse is an archetypal symbol which will always find ways to stir up deep and moving ancestral memories in every human being. — Paul Mellon

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There is no intellectual or emotional substitute for the authentic, the original, the unique masterpiece. — Paul Mellon

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It was my father's hope, and it is ours, that the National Gallery would become not a static but a living institution, growing in usefulness and importance to artists, scholars and the general public. — Paul Mellon

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When you give away large sums of money, you can cause as much damage as you may do good. — Paul Mellon

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Within 18 months of my parents' marriage in 1900, my mother fell in love with an Englishman who would have described himself as a gentleman but who was, in fact, nothing more than a devious adventurer. — Paul Mellon

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Collecting is the sort of thing that creeps up on you. — Paul Mellon

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Just as there is no substitute for original works of art, there is no substitute for the world of direct sensual experience. — Paul Mellon

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In a way, my father was lucky. He had a hunch that his vision of the National Gallery would interest other collectors and persuade them to come in with him, and that hunch proved to be right. — Paul Mellon

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College isn't the only answer. Reading is a college that you can and should attend all your life. — Paul Mellon

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Preliminary drawings or sketches in oil or pastel often have an immediacy and emotional appeal far greater than the final canvas. — Paul Mellon