If an army of monkeys were strumming on typewriters, they might write all the books in the British Museum.
I do not approve of museums trying just to get people to come in. Whistler was very, very clear on this.
I don't particularly like showing furniture on pedestals, but for whatever reasons you always have to in museums.
[...] and the pea was put in the museum, where it can still be seen, if no one has stolen it.
My dad's great. He's an amazing artist. A sculptor. He's wonderful and supportive. I love going to museums with him - we talk about... everything.
It's wonderful to see art in a museum, but it is institutionalised. I don't like the idea of the artwork as something that requires special conditions. I would like it to be universal.
The role of a museum of modern art is to make a good selection and identify what we believe to be the coming movements, and that requires taste.
It is veneer, rouge, aestheticism, art museums, new theaters, etc. that make America impotent. The good things are football, kindness, and jazz bands.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is unsurpassed at presenting more than 50 centuries of work. I go there constantly, seeing things over and over, better than I've ever seen them before.
I never can pass by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York without thinking of it not as a gallery of living portraits but as a cemetery of tax-deductible wealth.
Understand, it’s never been easy to live, when we’re trying to escape ourselves.
I like having options, alternate lives unlived but always possible.
For many, the icon of the British Museum is the Rosetta Stone, that administrative by-product of the Greek imperial adventure in Africa.
A collection that embraces the whole world allows you to consider the whole world. That is what an institution such as the British Museum is for.
Some of our greatest historical and artistic treasures we place in museums; others, we take for walks.
Some of our greatest historical and artistic treasures we place with curators in museums; others we take for walks.
Whether you're going to a museum or a flea market or flipping through a book, always be on the lookout for something special.
I care much more about saving the lives of mothers and babies than I do about a fancy museum somewhere.
I grew up in a town where there were no galleries, no museums, no theaters - a very religious, ultraconservative community.
There's so much that I like about Pittsburgh, actually. The cultural district and museums are wonderful, and I encourage everyone to check them out. And the food is excellent, too!
The American Museum of Natural History is my son's absolute favorite place in the world! So we really, really, really love New York.
