I think functioning as a business manager can be a hindrance to having a real dialogue with the artist. I do think that artists need good lawyers and accountants, because they're dealing with serious money. But an artist who stands behind a manager? That's a little different. I think that can be a bad buffer.

I don't think you can tell somebody how they should collect. I think it's just about being turned on by art.At the end of the day, some people just kind of get it. They don't all get it in the same way or get the same artists, but it's a journey that excites them.

Honestly, I grew up in pretty modest circumstances. We were a middle-class family.

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

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

The sun never sets on my gallery.

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.