Art – Brings Out the Child in the Successful

In the world of high stakes business, only the calm, bright, and calculated survive and thrive.  This makes it that much more interesting that these same leaders find the child in themselves when they get involved with art.

In its current issue, ARTnews posted a very interesting article describing Norton Simon’s secret bidding signals (recommended read) when he used to go to Christie’s auctions  in order to acquire art for his collection.  At the same time that Norton Simon put a stamp on the food industry through calculated moves and acquisitions, his unorthodox style when it came to art, his passion, were more like the moves of a child than a cool business leader.

Just one more way and further proof that art brings us closer to our true, pure, selves.