32 PUNCHMAGAZINE.COM her husband many years ago. John laughs as he remembers the effort it took to install the piece in a large cement plinth. “It’s never moving!” Which raises the question of the collection’s future. After much discussion, selected works will be gifted to both Stanford University, where John and Sue met as graduate students, and to Princeton University, where John earned his undergraduate degree. Other pieces will be gifted to family members. Are they still collecting? John replies, “Only if we have room.” Sue is quick to add, “We don’t, so the answer is no.” And yet, when asked if they could, perhaps, move things around to accommodate something new that they both really liked, neither said no. The Diekmans clearly have enjoyed their collecting journey as well as incorporating art into their everyday life. “I don’t think of it as ‘acquiring art’ so much as having art that I love around me,” reflects Sue. “For me, art evokes memories and emotions that are relaxing. Art also makes me curious. I look at a piece of art and wonder what the artist was thinking and wanted to convey to the viewer. Most of all, art makes me smile.” {punchline}
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