Charles Saatchi

“If, like me, you have many reasons to be less than secure and self-assured, and like me, you are far from stable even on your best days, don't for a moment imagine a psychotherapist will be of more help than a physiotherapist.”

“I have asked to have no funeral, and no memorial service. I hate other people's and would certainly not appreciate my own.”

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

“Art collectors are pretty insignificant in the scheme of things. What matters and survives is the art. I buy art that I like. I buy it to show it off in exhibitions. Then, if I feel like it, I sell it and buy more art.”

“I don't like clothes shopping and trying on outfits in stuffy cubicles in men's shops, looking hideous in the wrap-round mirrors, is something I attempt as seldom as possible.”