I LIKE WHAT I KNOW: A Visual Autobiography

by Vincent Price ‧ RELEASE DATE: Oct. 8, 1959

It has recently come to be known that the actor, Vincent Price, is the owner of one of the finest small art collections in the country. This book, as the title implies, is not so much about Mr. Price's personal life and family as it is about his adventures in the art world and the formation of his excellent taste. Enough of his background is necessary to the story, however, to give Mr. Price an opportunity to write with nostalgia and considerable humor about his home life in well-to-do St. Louis, his years at Yale and his early days as an actor. The main theme of the book, that America is now producing good artists, and that the joys of collecting are not the exclusive property of the fabulously wealthy, is sustained throughout with persuasiveness and dignity. In his attempts to convey his own reactions to various pieces of art, or art in general, although he handles the English language more as an art-lover than a writer, he is often genuinely and profoundly moving. Saarinen's The Proud Possessors has here an individual -- and persuasive -- representative who should appeal to the same audience.

Pub Date: Oct. 8, 1959

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Doubleday

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Kirkus Reviews Issue: Oct. 1, 1959

Categories: NONFICTION