Curator Quotes
39 quotes by 29 authors
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The Arab who built himself a hut with marbles from the temple of Palmyra is more philosophical than all the curators of the museums of…
— Anatole France
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We are the curators of life on earth. We hold it in the palm of our hand.
— Helen Caldicott
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Beware of using up your last forty years in being the curator of your first fifty.
— Allan Gurganus
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One curator said he didn't want my work in his gallery because it was so simple even children understood it. I thought, what a wonderful…
— Ted Harrison
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Cultural confinement takes place when a curator imposes his own limits on an art exhibition, rather than asking an artist to set his limits.
— Robert Smithson
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I knew, as every peasant does, that land can never be truly owned. We are the keepers of the soil, the curators of trees.
— Lisa St. Aubin de Terán
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I was at the Smithsonian for twenty years, and I'm still at the Smithsonian as a curator emeritus, and I still plan to figure out…
— Bernice Johnson Reagon
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When critics or art historians or curators ask me why I still paint, the answer is that I am not naive.
— Luc Tuymans
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As we become curators of our own contentment on the Simple Abundance path... we learn to savor the small with a grateful heart.
— Sarah Ban Breathnach
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I've been covering the art industry for nine years, and I still don't feel like I have a clear grasp on what an art consultant…
— Paddy Johnson
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An exhibition is in many ways a series of conversations. Between the artist and viewer, curator and viewer, and between the works of art themselves.…
— Thelma Golden
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A curator is an information chemist. He or she mixes atoms together in a way to build an info-molecule. Then adds value to that molecule
— Robert Scoble
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A record is a concert without halls and a museum whose curator is the owner.
— Glenn Gould
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Gradually as you become curator of your own contentment, you will learn to embrace the gentle yearnings of your heart.
— Sarah Ban Breathnach
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I like rap music. But bragging about being rich to poor people is really offensive. I want to hear a rap song about buying a…
— John Waters
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Curator Shantrelle P. Lewis left for Amsterdam an Andy Warhol fellow, and came back with a film in her pocket. Please support this confrontation of…
— dream hampton
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The leader...is rarely the brightest person in the group. Rather they have extraordinary taste, which makes them more curators than creators. They are appreciators of…
— Warren G. Bennis
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I don't decide where I live. My wife decides. She's a curator of contemporary art, and she works at an art museum, so we go…
— John Green
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No dealer, curator, buyer or critic, or any existing combination of these, can be depended on to produce a reputation that is more than a…
— Harold Rosenberg
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While the space for artists and curators has increased enormously, maybe, just maybe, that's left room for too many people calling themselves artists and curators…
— Jerry Saltz
Who Wrote These Curator Quotes
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