Paul Mellon Quotes

Paul Mellon — American Businessman born on June 11, 1907, died on February 01, 1999

Paul Mellon was an American philanthropist and an owner/breeder of thoroughbred racehorses. He is one of only five people ever designated an "Exemplar of Racing" by the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. He was co-heir to one of America's greatest business fortunes, the Mellon Bank fortune, created by his grandfather Thomas Mellon, his father Andrew W. Mellon, and his father's brother Richard B. Mellon. In 1957, when Fortune prepared its first list of the wealthiest Americans, it estimated that Paul Mellon, his sister Ailsa Mellon-Bruce, and his cousins Sarah Mellon and Richard King Mellon, were all among the richest eight people in the United States, with fortunes of between 400 and 700 million dollars each... (wikipedia)

There is no intellectual or emotional substitute for the authentic, the original, the unique masterpiece.

Just as there is no substitute for original works of art, there is no substitute for the world of direct sensual experience.

Preliminary drawings or sketches in oil or pastel often have an immediacy and emotional appeal far greater than the final canvas.

Collecting is the sort of thing that creeps up on you.

College isn't the only answer. Reading is a college that you can and should attend all your life.