Faces Quote by Albert Camus

“[Historically] display cases with thick wooden frames were the staple of most museum collections, providing security and protection from theft and damage. In conjunction…

— Philip Hughes

I believe in walking out of a museum before the paintings you've seen begin to run together. How else can you carry anything away…

— Elizabeth Kostova

In old times men used their powers of painting to show the objects of faith, in later times they use the objects of faith…

— John Ruskin

The costumes in museums are often not exhibited well. They look dead. It is much better to look at a painting by Bronzino than…

— Milena Canonero

Painters are amongst the priests - worker priests of the cult of man - searching to understand but never know.

— Brice Marden

The museums of medieval Europe, from Holland to Tuscany, are crammed with instruments and devices upon which the holy men labored devoutly, in order…

— Christopher Hitchens

The viewers must come to understand the sacredness of painting, so they will remove their hats as if they were in church.

— Edvard Munch

The canvas is a court where the artist is prosecutor, defendant, jury and judge. Art without a trial disappears at a glance.

— Philip Guston

The painter saw what was, an alternate Candor and secrecy inside the skin.

— Thom Gunn

“Hidden away behind the closed doors of aristocratic and bourgeois privilege, concealed under those ultra-respectable masks of black frock coat and veil, the green…

— Jennifer Birkett

“Caravaggio to another. I’m sure that’s crossed Ariosto’s mind, Coffin considered. Wonder if he’s more focused on retrieving this one, or if he thinks…

— Noah Charney

“Leonardo was renowned as a painter, and Michelangelo (thanks to his Battle of the Centaurs and the David) was known for portraying male warriors.…

— Benjamin Blech