All human beings have three lives: public, private, and secret.
Let's get proof before a public hanging and not after it.
Which isn’t, like, as bad as it sounds, because the general public kind of sucks ass.
The public is always relieved to find that once the chief officers of state are elected they do not sincerely want change.
Both my husband and I give a lot of ourselves in what we do because that is our public lives; but in my private life, I have an intrinsic right to be left alone.
The difference between the denominational system and the public school system is all the difference between bolstering them up on the one hand and letting them alone of the other.
No enterprise, small or large, public or private, can remain self-governing, let alone successful, so deeply in hock to others as we are about to be.
We can all agree that government can't solve the obesity crisis alone. It's an ongoing issue that will require a collaborative effort across private and public sectors if we want to see some long-term success.
I'm a big Leonardo DiCaprio fan. And if I could have a career like his... he's amazing. And not only his career, his public persona and how he carries himself.
I believe that architecture is fundamentally a public space where people can gather and communicate, think about the history, think about the lives of human beings, or the world.
I have to say that I reject somewhat the distinction between something called art and something called public art. I think all art demands and desires to be seen.
As long as artists arbitrarily assume the right to decide what is or is not art, it is logical that the public will just as arbitrarily feel that they have the right to reject it.
The history of modern art is also the history of the progressive loss of art's audience. Art has increasingly become the concern of the artist and the bafflement of the public.
Like surgeons trying to save a life, the conservators and preservers at New York City museums dedicate themselves to ensuring the longevity of works of art for public view.
The Metropolitan Museum has all of our collections online, all our scholarly publications and catalogues since 1965. We have online features like the timeline of art history.
Now, public libraries are most admirable institutions, but they have one irritating custom. They want their books back.
Why can't I just Google it like everything else?! I hate you public library system!
A man who really fights for justice must lead a private, not a public, life if he is to survive for even a short time.
The greater the decrease in the social significance of an art form, the sharper the distinction between criticism and enjoyment by the public. The conventional is uncritically enjoyed, and the truly new is criticized with aversion.
In a profession, members are only partly guided by service to the public.
A public outcry usually masks a private obsession.
