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Abstract art

Abstract art must be the conclusion of a figurative past, or must not exist.

J-A-A

Academies

The nude is more beautiful than academies

J-A-A

Accumulate

The artist accumulates his ideas, his errors and his colours

Accumulates

Caesar compresses them; Arman accumulates them.

J-A-A

Acquire

To acquire a work is to create one’s own small museum.

Actors

Two actors to be famous: the politician and the good trader.

Adultery

The person who wrongs always ends up being jealous of the spouse.

Advertising

Advertising: the poster is still there

Agasse

Agasse, a famous painter whose name begins with “A”.

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Alabaster

She was made for the sculptor: she had the body of alabaster.

Allegory

What there is in allegory is like what is in dreams.

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Alloy

The alloy is the mix of the founder.

Aluminium

Certain impressions are made by contact, others on aluminium.

Amateur

The American amateur pays a lot for what he will re-sell for a lot.

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Anatomy

The anatomy is a difficult material to hold on to; the nude is too

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Anthology

Anthology is just the result of the same choice.

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Antique dealer

The antique dealer, this secondhand trader in what is rare and beautiful.

J-A-A

Antique hunting

Antique hunting has become the favourite French pastime

Antiquity

Antiquity is a period; it is also an object.

J-A-A

Architecture

Architecture is only great if it escapes from itself.

Art

Art is the condiment which makes our lives less bland.

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Art

Art is made to disconcert, science to reassure.

G. Braque

Art

Using one’s senses for art is what distinguishes man from the other animals.

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Art critic

The art critic has always made me laugh; perhaps in order not to cry

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Art dealer

The art dealer should collect the very beautiful and sell the rest

J.P.A.A

Art lover

The art lover is a potential art dealer.

J-A-A

Artist

The artist is different to the common run of people.

J-A-A

Arts and crafts

Arts and crafts is the smallest of industries.

Assembling

The assembling of objects is similar to that of lovers: rarely fertile

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Attribute

When the expert is not certain, he attributes it to …..

J-A-A

Auctioneer

Auctioneer; it is time to change the name of the profession

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Audiovisual

The audiovisual has no thoughts for the hearing aid or the white cane

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Author

Whatever the size, he who creates is called an author

Authority

To be accepted as an authority is also to carry a lot of weight

J-A-A

Autobiography

The autobiography is the shortest summary of one’s memories

Autograph

The autograph is a tiny drawing

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Avant-garde

To be avant-garde is to go forward whilst protecting the rear

J-A-A

Average

The average valuation for an artist is the equivalent of the handicap for a golfer or the ranking for a tennis player. Then come the surprise performances !

by Le AKOUN, International best-seller of valuation books in the field of art since 1985