Vartan Gregorian

Everybody is somebody, so you don't have to introduce anybody.

— Vartan Gregorian

Libraries keep the records on behalf of all humanity. the unique and the absurd, the wise and the fragments of stupidity.

— Vartan Gregorian

The library is central to our free society. It is a critical element in the free exchange of information at the heart…

— Vartan Gregorian

The book is here to stay. What we're doing is symbolic of the peaceful coexistence of the book and the computer.

— Vartan Gregorian

The library is not only a diary of the human race, but marks an act of faith in the continuity of humanity.

— Vartan Gregorian

In our democratic society, the library stands for hope, for learning, for progress, for literacy, for self-improvement and for civic engagement. The…

— Vartan Gregorian

The universe is not going to see someone like you again in the entire history of creation.

— Vartan Gregorian

That is the future, and it is probably nearer than we think. But our primary problem as universities is not engineering that…

— Vartan Gregorian

It meant that New York philanthropists, New York society, would now rediscover the library. ... that learning, books, education have glamour, that…

— Vartan Gregorian

Dignity is not negotiable. Dignity is the honor of the family.

— Vartan Gregorian

Libraries and museums are the DNA of our culture.

— Vartan Gregorian

It is very important that, no matter what happens, you keep your feeling of self worth and value.

— Vartan Gregorian

The library is our house of intellect, our transcendental university, with one exception: no one graduates from a library. No one possibly…

— Vartan Gregorian

One of my greatest sources of pride as president of the New York Public Library is the continuance of the library's open,…

— Vartan Gregorian

The only condition a library asks its users to honor is to do justice to their own imagination, their own curiosity and…

— Vartan Gregorian