Curators Quotes

26 quotes by 20 authors

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
We are the curators of life on earth. We hold it in the palm of our hand. — Helen Caldicott
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 TerÃ¡n
When critics or art historians or curators ask me why I still paint, the answer is that I am not naive. — Luc Tuymans
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
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
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
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
When you see something special, something inspired, you realise the debt we owe great curators and their unforgettable shows - literally unforgettable because you remember… — Charles Saatchi
The fact that in the last 10 years only five of the 40 Turner Prize nominees have been painters tells you more about curators than… — Charles Saatchi
Painters paint, and history continues to make fools of curators. — Robert Genn
In an era when museum curators were busy introducing the public to photographs of daily life taken by Robert Frank, Henri Cartier-Bresson, and Diane Arbus,… — Burton Silverman
I learned more from my mother than from all the art historians and curators who have informed me about technical aspects of art history and… — David Rockefeller
As I made my way through 'On Line,' the austere, stridently dogmatic, sometimes revelatory exhibition 'about line' at MoMA, I found myself thinking, 'Someone please… — Jerry Saltz
Every movement that slays its gods creates new ones, of course. I loathe talk of the sixties and seventies being a 'Greatest Generation' of artists,… — Jerry Saltz
I see around 100 shows a month, going from Niketown-size palaces where you feel like yelling, to storefronts in Bushwick. Each has to pay the… — Jerry Saltz
The very paradigm of revolution, of right versus wrong, good versus bad, is a relic with no bearing on the present. Yet artists, exhibitions, and… — Jerry Saltz
Too many younger artists, critics, and curators are fetishizing the sixties, transforming the period into a deformed cult, a fantasy religion, a hip brand, and… — Jerry Saltz
A life accumulates a collection: of people, work and perplexities. We are all our own curators. — Richard Fortey
Ben remembered reading about curators in "Wonderstruck", and thought about what id meant to curate your own life, as his dad had done here. What… — Brian Selznick

Who Wrote These Curators Quotes

20 authors contributed a total of 26 Curators Quotes as follows: