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Ownership is nothing but a myth, we are only a temporary custodian of what we believe we own

— Nasser Khalili

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Every object has its note and the combination of them all makes the music. There is not much point just having the lead violin and the piano.

During the collecting, I don't say anything. When it's done, then I speak.

I think I was utterly blessed to realise that there were a lot of sleeping giants out there all I did is to find them, nurse them and bring them to the attention of the world.

There are 1.6bn people following the faith of Islam. I realised that no one was representing the core and anchor of that religion, and so I took it upon myself to buy everything that was available

I used to buy a group of objects -- let's say, 10 objects for $US100,000 -- keep 3 or 4 of the best aside and sell the rest for $US250,000. I used my knowledge to create money to finance my dream."

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