Just Quote by Munira Mirza Download Open image “It shouldn't be that people think the National Gallery is just for middle-class white people.” — Munira Mirza ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.2 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Just National People Think White White people
The National Gallery is the place that means to represent everything that's good and important in art and show what it believes everyone who… — Kerry James Marshall Copy Share Image
The galleries are simply corporations in the art world - "Here's a million dollars for this latest piece of crap" - but I'm not… — Betty Dodson Copy Share Image
The Washingtonian said it shouldn't be built. The gallery's East Building is now considered a triumph, and members of the American Association of Architects… — J. Carter Brown Copy Share Image
Museums and galleries do recruit art historians, but they are overwhelmingly white and middle class, or else from abroad. They understandably fret about the… — Munira Mirza Copy Share Image
And that the arming of so many black youths, uh, and loading up our community with drugs, and then just having an open shooting… — Jason Whitlock Copy Share Image
I don't think the art market is for everybody. Yeah, of course we have a global gallery. But we're like the one-tenth of the… — Larry Gagosian Copy Share Image
It's a mystery to me the way that contemporary art galleries function. — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
And it's not just black people. That's the other thing about this issue, it's conflated with just black and white and it's not that at all. It's diversity, it's something that looks more like the landscape of the country. And it's not about then we get the statues we deserve, it's not that. It's that everyone should be able to… — Don Cheadle Copy Share
Museums are just a lot of lies, and the people who make art their business are mostly imposters. We have infected the pictures in… — Pablo Picasso Copy Share Image
If you think about the way we experience art, the paradigm is still Western European. If I go to the National Gallery, what am… — Kerry James Marshall Copy Share Image
That's what New York is like - you can't have real art happen in an institution because rich people can make the world stop.… — M.I.A Copy Share Image
The growth of race relations management, diversity training and 'promoting good relations' has come at a cost. We are more sensitized to racism, yet… — Munira Mirza Copy Share Image
Studying art history is actually one of the few ways of getting a good job in the arts sector. It's hard to be a… — Munira Mirza Copy Share Image
By appeasing the anti-racism lobby and affirming its culture of grievance, public institutions and business leaders are not making Britain a fairer place. In… — Munira Mirza Copy Share Image
It's important that we challenge the culture of low expectations. You need to believe every child can do well. — Munira Mirza Copy Share Image
If white people are constantly told how culturally different their Asian neighbors are, and if Asians are told to be vigilant against white racism,… — Munira Mirza Copy Share Image
But I do love working for Boris because he never stops. He's always fizzing with good ideas, and when you are looking after culture,… — Munira Mirza Copy Share Image
Islamist groups have gained influence at local and national level by playing the politics of identity and demanding for Muslims the 'right to be… — Munira Mirza Copy Share Image
At the same time women are putting on the headscarf, they are also going to work, to education, increasingly vocal in the media -… — Munira Mirza Copy Share Image
The idea that Veronica Wadley has no artistic credibility is just crazy. She has a strong reputation and when she was editor of the… — Munira Mirza Copy Share Image
I've argued for a much less instrumentalist politicized approach, freeing up the arts and enabling them to deliver high-quality projects. — Munira Mirza Copy Share Image
Often, when art from the canon is brought in to fine art classes, it is used as a prop to inspire art-making projects but… — Munira Mirza Copy Share Image
For many there is a degree of constancy in our culture; London won't let you down. — Munira Mirza Copy Share Image
Some people still believe you should just fall in line with what's going on - and that's scary. It makes a mockery of freedom… — Emily Robison Copy Share Image
When I was trying to come up with a stage name, I thought 'Lord' was super rad, but really masculine - ever since I… — Lorde Copy Share Image
Some shows just go away - and that's fine. They serve their purpose and their entertainment value, but there are shows that touch people… — Michael Cudlitz Copy Share Image
I love being in Malibu. It's so cool there, and the water is just, it's nice and, and I love the beach. And I… — Jackie Evancho Copy Share Image
It's like saying French shouldn't be taught because you don't understand it because it's new. Shakespeare is just like learning a new, exciting language. — Samuel Barnett Copy Share Image
I would have done well as a gypsy child, I think. A circus baby. I coulda played a great street urchin or ragamuffin. Or… — Natasha Lyonne Copy Share Image
Sport is not just about entertainment. It is equally about winning and losing, pooling and galvanising the energy of the youth, upgrading people's physical… — Nita Ambani Copy Share Image
I just think my own ambition would not allow me to sit on the gifts that my creator had given me. And so that's… — Janelle Monae Copy Share Image