Ryan Gander Quotes & Sayings

An "I know what I like" mentality is hard to shake, but of course appreciation has space for being challenged. — Ryan Gander

Sometimes buying the ugly work is the thing that you know you should do. — Ryan Gander

I wasn't taken to anywhere I would have gone if I was alone. — Ryan Gander

I have a merely ethical and moral relationship to collecting. Whereby I never collect things that I necessarily like. I collect things by young artists who don't have any money because I need to give them some money! Because I think that they should carry on whether I like it or not. — Ryan Gander

I always say artists must broaden their research. I go to casinos, fly fishing, to show apartments in new residential buildings, watch fairs, the football, ikebana courses, survival expeditions, Dungeons & Dragons nights, and it doesn't matter which of these I personally want to do - that is my job. That's true research; otherwise, it would be a bit like masturbating. — Ryan Gander