Professionally, what comes first is representing the artist.Whether they're alive or dead.

Working with younger artists kind of tests your judgment. You're not always right, but when you are, it's exciting.

I never really took a proper art class in college. I just started reading art magazines and going to galleries.

For me, collecting is sort of a natural extension of being an art dealer, because if you don't want to collect the artist, then you probably shouldn't be representing them.

I play hard. So the critical stuff doesn't surprise me or bother me.

When a collector says, "You've got to educate me," or "What's a good investment?" then I don't know what to say. I have no idea. Let's face it, I'm probably going to recommend artists that I represent.

The so-called "secondary market" has also always been something that I'm comfortable with. I'm not a dealer who turns his nose up at that part of the business. I'm an art dealer - my primary responsibility is to represent the artist.