Conversation with Viola Raikhel-Bolot
Co-founder and Managing Director at 1858 Ltd Art Advisory
What advice would you give to women starting in the art world?
The path to success is not a straight and upward trajectory...there will be ups and downs with many twists and turns along the way...stay on course and have faith in your capabilities to get you to where you need to be.
A dear friend once told me, we can often get caught up in the notion of failing...however, the only failure is not ever having tried! These words have stayed with me always. Never ventured, never known as they say.
Is there are quote that you have found particularly inspiring, as your career progressed in the art world?
Chance favors the prepared mind. by Louis Pasteur.
I love the notion that you have the power to chart your own course. Clearly, the sense of control must have appealed to me as these words still play in my mind. The more prepared, knowledgeable and mindful I am of a specific subject, the more opportunities the universe presents!