If I stop being on good behaviour for a moment, my dark little secret is that I don't actually believe many people in the art world have much feeling for art and simply cannot tell a good artist from a weak one, until the artist has enjoyed the validation of others - a received pronunciation.

There are no rules about investment. Sharks can be good. Artist's dung can be good. Oil on canvas can be good.

I primarily buy art to show it off.

If you can't take a good kicking, you shouldn't parade how much luckier you are than other people.

My aim in life isn't so much the pursuit of happiness as the happiness of pursuit.

Be the Worst You Can Be: Life's Too Long for Patience and Virtue

Its obvious nonsense, but it makes nice people feel good about themselves to do their bit for the planet. Its vanity of a grotesque kind to believe that mankind, and our carbon footprint, has more impact on the future of Earth than Nature, which bends our planet to its will, as it sees fit.