Museums Quotes
480 quotes by 383 authors
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The Frankfurt Museum of Decorative Arts is a handsome building, which takes its cues from the riverside Biedermeier villa next to it, and it is…
— Martin Filler
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Art is not an investment. Art is something you buy because you are financially solvent enough to give yourself a pleasure of living with great…
— Arne Glimcher
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I do quite like sightseeing. I like churches, museums, galleries and all that stuff. I love the smell of a church in Italy or the…
— Ashley Jensen
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When you think about it, department stores are kind of like museums.
— Andy Warhol
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Museums are good things, places to look and absorb and learn.
— Alan King
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The centuries-old history and culture of India, majestic architectural monuments and museums of Delhi, Agra and Mumbai have a unique attractive force.
— Vladimir Putin
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I grew up in a town where there were no galleries, no museums, no theaters - a very religious, ultraconservative community.
— Robert Wilson
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I love all the arts - so museums, theatre, music, walks near trees or by the ocean, time with people, psychological readings.
— Aimee Bender
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Living in Edinburgh, I consider myself particularly lucky - we have the biggest book festival in the world, a plethora of fascinating libraries and museums,…
— Sara Sheridan
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Most museums in Moscow, like Tretyakov, were established by philanthropists, whose passion for art allowed the development of culture on many levels.
— Dasha Zhukova
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I applied for funding to embark on an overseas field trip in Iceland, and spent six weeks there happily holed up in the national archives,…
— Hannah Kent
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Like surgeons trying to save a life, the conservators and preservers at New York City museums dedicate themselves to ensuring the longevity of works of…
— Simon Van Booy
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In some of the great cities of Europe - Paris, Vienna, Prague, and Brussels - tourists bored with life above ground can descend below. All…
— Rose George
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My tastes formed quite early. All I ever wanted to do was go to costume museums.
— Hamish Bowles
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Even though education was key in my family, I had no access to museums or art where we lived. I was a bit starved.
— L'Wren Scott
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Cincinnatians support a symphony, an opera, a ballet, museums, many galleries and theater groups.
— Bill Dedman
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I like to read, walk, cook, and travel to cities. We live in the country, so we miss museums and the bustle of city life.
— Beverly Cleary
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Dallas is a huge city. Great shopping, great restaurants, great museums.
— Julie Gonzalo
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There were no museums or galleries in Shanghai, but I was very keen on art - I was always sketching and copying, and sometimes I…
— J. G. Ballard
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European museums are all dependent on government financing. The moment European governments are under financial pressure, their budgets are cut.
— Thomas P. Campbell
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