My Name is Charles Saatchi and I am an Artoholic New Extended Edition

with household cleanser. He would have more respect for the artist, and the artwork to contemplate something so foolhardy and callous.
Only an artist could treat his own work with such nonchalant brutality.

The point here is that a professional restorer would never, ever, simply scrub a painting

Do you feel that the glass is half-full or half-
empty?
Either way, drink it and fill it up again.

your own decisions, you’re never going to be much of a collector anyway.

Whom, if anyone, do you listen to for advice
when buying art?
Nobody can give you advice after you’ve been collecting for a while. If you don’t enjoy making

What skills and qualities are you looking for in a “great artist”?
I don’t know.
That’s why I enjoy looking.

How do you decide whether something is worth £10 or £10 million?
It’s not up to me to decide how much something is worth. People can ask what they like and I either put up or shut up.

Any ambitions left?
Maybe I’m just not a checklist kind of person.

I find the theatre faintly embarrassing for the actors performing on stage. It seems rather showy-off in an undignified way.

What difference does it make if a Titian is hanging in the National Gallery, the Louvre or the Uffizi?
This isn’t the 18th century: people travel, so there’s no need to be nationalistic about the world’s art treasures. Much more important is to back living artists.