--- title: "10 Museum Art Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 10 Museum Art quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Museum Art sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/097/kellie-martin-19900_art_when-i-m-in-new-york-my-favorite-place-o_3008698.jpg" --- > [When I'm in New York, my favorite place on the planet is the Metropolitan Museum of Art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kellie-martin/when-i-m-in-new-york-my-favorite-place-on-the-planet-is-the/) [Kellie Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kellie-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/097/kellie-martin-19900_art_when-i-m-in-new-york-my-favorite-place-o_3008698.jpg) > [The Philadelphia Museum of Art is a house of artistic and intellectual prostitution](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-c-barnes/the-philadelphia-museum-of-art-is-a-house-of-artistic-and/) [Albert C. Barnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-c-barnes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/309/albert-c-barnes-56323_art_the-philadelphia-museum-of-art-is-a-hous_1569676.png) > [“i am a museum full of art but you had your eyes shut”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupi-kaur/i-am-a-museum-full-of-art-but-you-had-your-eyes-shut/) [Rupi Kaur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rupi-kaur/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/173/rupi-kaur-909_art_i-am-a-museum-full-of-art-but-you-had-yo_1862355.jpg) > [I remember the first time I went to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and saw a Kerry James Marshall painting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kehinde-wiley/i-remember-the-first-time-i-went-to-the-los-angeles-county-museum-of/) [Kehinde Wiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kehinde-wiley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6e/kehinde-wiley-1194_art_i-remember-the-first-time-i-went-to-the_87868.jpg) > [I never can pass by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York without thinking of it not as a gallery of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-h-lapham/i-never-can-pass-by-the-metropolitan-museum-of-art-in-new-york/) [Lewis H. Lapham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-h-lapham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/887/lewis-h-lapham-7190_art_i-never-can-pass-by-the-metropolitan-mus_2583463.jpg) > [“Puente levadizo y dama con sombrilla, MAYO DE 1888, TINTA Y TIZA SOBRE PAPEL, 60 X 31,9 CM © Los Angeles County…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-naifeh/puente-levadizo-y-dama-con-sombrilla-mayo-de-1888-tinta-y-tiza-sobre/) [Steven Naifeh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-naifeh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c6c/steven-naifeh-47247_amor_puente-levadizo-y-dama-con-sombrilla-may_787307.jpg) > [The Metropolitan Museum of Art is unsurpassed at presenting more than 50 centuries of work. I go there constantly, seeing things over…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-saltz/the-metropolitan-museum-of-art-is-unsurpassed-at-presenting-more-than/) [Jerry Saltz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-saltz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e7/jerry-saltz-1712_art_the-metropolitan-museum-of-art-is-unsurp_2616096.png) > [“(Rome) is a Metropolitan Museum of Art the size of Manhattan, no roof, no display cases, and half a million combustion engines…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-doerr/rome-is-a-metropolitan-museum-of-art-the-size-of-manhattan-no-roof-no/) [Anthony Doerr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-doerr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b04/anthony-doerr-886_artist_rome-is-a-metropolitan-museum-of-art-the_2577093.png) > [The Met is not only the finest encyclopedic museum of art in the United States; it is arguably the finest anywhere.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-saltz/the-met-is-not-only-the-finest-encyclopedic-museum-of-art-in-the/) [Jerry Saltz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-saltz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d11/jerry-saltz-1712_anywhere_the-met-is-not-only-the-finest-encyclope_2147521.png) > [The Metropolitan Museum of Art some time ago held a display of contemporary art at which $52,000 was awarded to American sculptors,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-keller/the-metropolitan-museum-of-art-some-time-ago-held-a-display-of/) [James Keller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-keller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88f/james-keller-18902_art_the-metropolitan-museum-of-art-some-time_106164.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/museum-art/#itemlist", "name": "Museum Art Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When I'm in New York, my favorite place on the planet is the Metropolitan Museum of Art.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kellie Martin" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kellie-martin/when-i-m-in-new-york-my-favorite-place-on-the-planet-is-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/097/kellie-martin-19900_art_when-i-m-in-new-york-my-favorite-place-o_3008698.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/097/kellie-martin-19900_art_when-i-m-in-new-york-my-favorite-place-o_3008698.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/097/kellie-martin-19900_art_when-i-m-in-new-york-my-favorite-place-o_3008698.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When I'm in New York, my favorite place on the planet is the Metropolitan Museum of Art.” — Kellie Martin", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The Philadelphia Museum of Art is a house of artistic and intellectual prostitution", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Albert C. 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