Quotes of the Day

Monday, May. 24, 2010

Open quoteThese five paintings are un-sellable, so thieves, sirs, you are imbeciles, now return them.Close quote

  • PIERRE CORNETTE DE SAINT-CYR,
  • director of a museum near the Paris Museum of Modern Art, where five paintings possibly worth hundreds of millions of euros were stolen; Saint-Cyr says that no one would be "stupid enough" to buy art that can't be shown or that could get them arrested
Photo: Jacques Brinon / AP | Source: AP