Museums Quotes

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Museums are not normally presenting the works on the walls as provocations to work. It's more like going to a Jacuzzi. — Hans Haacke
Museums are managers of consciousness. They give us an interpretation of history, of how to view the world and locate ourselves in it. They are,… — Hans Haacke
What I'm very upset about is the attempt to dictate to museums what they show, and the statements made by politicians in Washington that have… — Hans Haacke
Entering into the spirit of this interior, you will discover the best possible atmosphere in which to show fine paintings or listen to music. It… — Frank Lloyd Wright
Wilderness is rapidly becoming one of those aspects of the American dream which is more of the past than of the present. Wilderness is not… — Ansel Adams
Nobody ever flunked a science museum — Frank Oppenheimer
Every human encounter is the external embodiment of an attraction between two magnetic fields. The encounter comes suddenly, unexpectedly. It is a moment of truth.… — Amalia Kahana-Carmon
There is a very vibrant cultural scene in Stockholm. There are lots of places where there are concerts, and there are loads of museums and… — Bjorn Ulvaeus
It seems to me one cannot sit down in that place [the Round Reading room of the British Museum] without a heart full of grateful… — William Makepeace Thackeray
I always try to have a book on hand, traveling is an excellent way of providing perspective, and studying Art History has made going to… — Gideon Glick
New York. It's home to opera, Broadway, museums, the ballet and orchestra - everything that I love. The most real people in the world live… — Kristin Chenoweth
If you wanted to create jobs in a way that has minimal effect on the deficit but has government action, the two best things you… — William J. Clinton
When in a museum, walk slowly but keep walking. — Gertrude Stein
I shall never forget what I saw at the Museum of Modern Art: in a spotless schoolroom, fifty little girls painting away at tables covered… — Jean Cocteau
Since art is dead in the actual life of civilized nations, it has been relegated to these grotesque morgues, museums. — Walter Gropius
I was a terrible history student. They taught me history as if it were a visit to a wax museum or to the land of… — Eduardo Galeano
Buy art, build a museum, put your name on it, let people in for free. That's as close as you can get to immortality... — Damien Hirst
I like the idea of the museum world and the university-academic situation where artists talk to each other or where artists or art students study… — Ad Reinhardt
This exhibition brings the students' conversations about photography into the Museum space, ... The images in Reclaiming Beautiful present the teenagers' new awareness about how… — Francisco de Quevedo
Use your time to bathe yourself in the gift. Move your hand across the canvas. Go to museums. Make this into an obsession. — Anna Deavere Smith

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