Artist Quote by Alfred H. Barr, Jr

American museums have become cautious, because it is very hard to get money to do something different or controversial.

— Pontus Hulten

Museums are like the quiet car of the world. It's a place you can come to escape, where there's authenticity, there's uniqueness, there's calm,…

— Thomas P. Campbell

I believe profoundly in the importance of museums; I would go as far as to say that you can judge a society by the…

— Richard Fortey

“Museums hold collections in trust for future generations. It is our responsibility to see that these objects—representing the cultural heritage of more than 8,000…

— Holly Witchey

“We don't need more museums that try to construct the historical narratives of a society, community, team, nation, state, tribe, company, or species. We…

— Orhan Pamuk

“Films featuring museums are on the whole, not serious ones. They are mostly comedies, mild thrillers, romances, and horror movies, with a few disaster…

— Suzanne Keene

What a museum chooses to exhibit is sometimes less important than how such decisions are made and what values inform them. To have the…

— Martin Filler

The role of a museum of modern art is to make a good selection and identify what we believe to be the coming movements,…

— David Rockefeller

By a museum, I assume you mean an institution dedicated to the events of Sept. 11 and the aftermath. If that is done with…

— David Rockefeller

Museums have no political power, but they do have the possibility of influencing the political process. This is a complete change from their role…

— Richard Fortey

Museums have traditionally been places that protect the art object. But in the last 40 years, a new type of museum has emerged -…

— Diego Cortez

I do not think that a museum needs to engage with pop culture in order to make itself interesting to museumgoers. Museums are already…

— John Hodgman