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On The Scene - "Try to get the best of the artist. It doesn't make any difference if it's Picasso. Not everything he did was great," Art Basel Miami Beach Chair Norman Braman advised.

On The Scene - "This year's event will be quite special for our 30th!" Roman Roth noted.

On The Scene - "In just three short years, the event has become quite the hot ticket," Abas told us.

On The Scene - "I come every year," said Judy Giuliani, in one of those long flowing summer dresses that were de rigueur this summer. "My daughter actually won the Hampton Classic when she was much younger."

On The Scene - There is a socially conscious, philanthropic undertone to Fischer's innovative programs.

On The Scene - "I believe travel makes the world a better place," said Brian Kelly, Founder and CEO of The Points Guy.

On The Scene - "Music made me a better person and I want to give it back," Lang Lang told Hamptons.com.

On The Scene - "The Florida relation started more than 450 years ago," the Consul General of France in Miami Clément Leclerc related. "The French tried to set foot in Florida as early as the 1560s."

On The Scene - "The idea of a peep show is retro, but the big white peepholes make it modern," explained Susanne Bartsch.

On The Scene - "We all know art heals," says Mrs. Shafiroff, citing art therapy utilized to treat those in need such as children battered by domestic abuse, veterans and individuals from war-torn countries suffering from PTSD, and incarcerated individuals for whom describing trauma might not be possible.

On The Scene - In their day, the great composers actually worked with the Vienna Orchestra conductors to play the music as envisioned, Sir Christoph Wagner-Trenkwitz, the book's author, told the room.

On The Scene - "We are all deeply touched by the outpouring of generosity and support from the local community," Scarlett Johansson remarked.

On The Scene - "It's a chance to see everyone you've either seen all summer or haven't seen all summer, to say 'hi/goodbye' or 'see you in the city,'" Bonnie Comley said.

On The Scene - "People don't like anything too crazy out here, it's a really natural relaxed environment in Montauk," Benz noted. "While we were aiming for a party vibe, we wanted the house to feel like it was very easy to just hang."

On The Scene - Hamptons.com invited a few hundred of our closest friends to Union Cantina in Southampton to celebrate the start of summer.

On The Scene - "It's upbeat, exciting, and it's just such an honor to be doing this for the Southampton Animal Shelter," shared Gabby Wild.

On The Scene - "We're trying to bring the world into our Southampton community," Dede Gotthelf Moan said.

On The Scene - Heard the one about the woman in head to toe diamonds who couldn't pay for her own divorce?

On The Scene - Parading in our pastel hats and summer dresses under the VIP tent at the Hampton Classic Horse Show Grand Prix, it seemed as though summer would never end.

On The Scene - With her creative soul and enterprising spirit, Consuelo is emblematic of the fulcrum between art and commerce.