[In the Field Museum of Natural History] we could see very simple, primitive, hand-built pottery from Babylonia and ancient Egypt and so… — Warren MacKenzie Copy Share Image
Chicago is a wonderful area because it's blessed with a tremendous number of museums of various sorts, not only the Art Institute… — Warren MacKenzie Copy Share Image
Our main inspiration [with Alix MacKenzie], I think, came from the Field Museum of Natural History, because they had pieces which were… — Warren MacKenzie Copy Share Image
Other thing about [Field Museum of Natural History] which inspired was that in a group of pots you wouldn't see a single… — Warren MacKenzie Copy Share Image
The American Museum of Natural History is my son's absolute favorite place in the world! So we really, really, really love New… — Mark Teixeira Copy Share Image
What I think about when I frequent the Museum of Natural History, the Metropolitan [Museum of Art], and I look at these… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
Go to the source for ideas, go to the Metropolitan Museum, find your inspiration in nature, go to the Museum of Natural… — Van Day Truex Copy Share Image
“ Majestatis naturæ by ingenium (Genius equal to the majesty of nature.) [ Inscribed ordered by King Louis XV for the base… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
![“[In the Field Museum of Natural History] we could see very simple, primitive, hand-built pottery from Babylonia and ancient Egypt and so forth, Greece. We could see the most sophisticated things that came out of the Orient - Japan, Korea, and China - some few pieces of European porcelain, majolica…” quote by Warren MacKenzie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/8fc/warren-mackenzie-4654_ancient_in-the-field-museum-of-natural-history-w_183538.jpg)
![“Our main inspiration [with Alix MacKenzie], I think, came from the Field Museum of Natural History, because they had pieces which were selected not for art content but for their relationship to the anthropological history of mankind.” quote by Warren MacKenzie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/566/warren-mackenzie-4654_art_our-main-inspiration-with-alix-mackenzie_385013.jpg)
![“Other thing about [Field Museum of Natural History] which inspired was that in a group of pots you wouldn't see a single example of this kind of pot. You would perhaps see a case with 20 different examples. So you realize that these pots could be repeated again and again, and each time there would…” quote by Warren MacKenzie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/469/warren-mackenzie-4654_again-and-again_other-thing-about-field-museum-of-natura_494272.jpg)
![“What I think about when I frequent the Museum of Natural History, the Metropolitan [Museum of Art], and I look at these artifacts that are taken out of context and how we're forced to view them as objects, as relics, as sculpture- static. But what's interesting is what it allows me to do in my…” quote by Nick Cave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/128/nick-cave-1153_art_what-i-think-about-when-i-frequent-the-m_2275702.jpg)
![“Majestatis naturæ by ingenium (Genius equal to the majesty of nature.) [ Inscribed ordered by King Louis XV for the base of a statue of Buffon placed at Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle de Paris. ]” quote by Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/db9/anonymous-1_france_majestatis-natur-by-ingenium-genius-equa_2797583.jpg)