Victor Hammer (b. 1901 in New York City, d. July 21, 1985) was a businessman, founder and owner of the famed Hammer Galleries in New York City, and philanthropist.
Famous quotes containing the words victor and/or hammer:
“The struggle alone pleases us, not the victory. We love to see animals fighting, not the victor raving over the vanquished.... It is the same in gambling, and the same in the search for truth.... We never seek things for themselves—what we seek is the very seeking of things.”
—Blaise Pascal (1623–1662)
“At the door of every happy person there should be a man with a hammer whose knock would serve as a constant reminder of the existence of unfortunate people.”
—Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904)