Dominique de Menil

(1908–1997) Art Collector

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Dominique de Menil was an art collector, best known for Secret Affinities.

Quick Facts About Dominique de Menil

Born: March 23, 1908
Died: December 31, 1997
Profession: Art Collector
Notable works: Secret Affinities

About Dominique de Menil

Dominique de Menil was a French-American art collector, philanthropist, founder of the Menil Collection and an heiress to the Schlumberger Limited oil equipment fortune. She was awarded the National Medal of Arts in 1986.

Quotes by Dominique de Menil

We lose dignity if we tolerate the intolerable.

Dominique de Menil

Dignity

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Love and the search for truth are unifying principles.

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Inspirational

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God waits for us to create him.

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Perhaps only silence and love do justice to a great work of art

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But nobody is visually naive any longer. We are cluttered with images, and only abstract art can bring us to the threshold…

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Abstract

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What should move us to action is human dignity: the inalienable dignity of the oppressed, but also the dignity of each of…

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Action

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In a world filled with mistrust, armed to the teeth and ready to explode, a realistic attitude might be to consider love…

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Attitude

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“We live in dramatic times. Violent confrontations are erupting in all parts of the world. Instinctively we feel that it does not…

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Confrontation

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Wave after wave has brought to our shores beautiful and mysterious treasures from unknown worlds: figurines, animals, fetishes, masks, ceremonial or useful…

Dominique de Menil

Anguish

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