The Art Newspaper – Sigmund Freud, perhaps predictably, opined that the urge to collect stems back to an unresolved emotional conflict triggered by potty training. Collectors, he declared, are forever making up for a loss of control of their bowels as children by seeking to control and regain their “possessions” (once lost down the toilet) in adulthood. – read more
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