Barbaralee Diamonstein: Did you ever expect your life to unfold the way it has?

Larry Gagosian: Absolutely not.

Barbaralee Diamonstein: What did you have in mind?

Larry Gagosian: Nothing.

Barbaralee Diamonstein: You still have no grand plans?

Larry Gagosian: No. I’m not superstitious, but I think if you have a grand plan you don’t see what’s right in front of you.

From Inside the Art World: Conversations with Barbaralee Diamonstein, New York: Rizzoli, 1994, p. 77.