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25 quotes by Charles Saatchi

Charles Saatchi (/ˈsɑːtʃiː/; (Arabic: تشارلز ساعتجي ) born 9 June 1943) is a British businessman and the co-founder with his brother Maurice of advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi. The brothers led the business – the world's largest advertising agency in the 1980s – until they were forced out in 1995. In the same year, the brothers formed a new agency called M&C Saatchi. Charles is also known for his vast art collection and for owning...
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It's obvious nonsense, but it makes nice people feel good about themselves to do their bit for the planet. It's vanity of a grotesque kind to... →

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Many people cycle or swim to keep trim. But if swimming is so good for the figure, how do you explain whales?

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

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Few people in contemporary art demonstrate much curiosity. The majority spend their days blathering on, rather than trying to work out why one artist... →

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I have never cared enough about money to worry about spending it, and have been fortunate to make enough to be spoiled rotten.

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I hate to sound like a romantic adolescent, but I believe artists don't generally see art as a career choice; they simply can't overcome... →

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I've heard that almost all the people crowding around the big art openings barely look at the work on display and are just there to hobnob.... →

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Some people in the art world bemoan the hedge fund millionaires spending freely to acquire ostentatious displays of wealth and coolth for their... →

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By and large, talent is in such short supply that mediocrity can be taken for brilliance rather more than genius can go undiscovered.

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I have made so many mistakes, and such really stupid ones, I would start blubbing away if I could remember even half of them. But do not dwell on... →

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I have spent too long being able to manipulate the answers I want from market research to rely upon its findings any more than I do weather forecasts.

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Artistic credentials are au courant in the important business of being seen as cultured, elegant and, of course, stupendously rich.

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I spoil my children rotten and hope to leave them enough so they can do the same to theirs.

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