Art Quote by Nick Cave

The reason artists want to have works in museums is that we want our works to be seen by as many people as possible…

— Theaster Gates

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

The moment you introduce difference into a museum, then the privileged space is contested, and under the most ideal circumstances what all artists want…

— Kerry James Marshall

Many museums are drawing audiences with art that is ostensibly more entertaining than stuff that just sits and invites contemplation. Interactivity, gizmos, eating, hanging…

— Jerry Saltz

Museums, I think, are becoming more and more aware of how to turn themselves into a must-see spectacle.

— Jake Barton

The role of a museum of modern art is to make a good selection and identify what we believe to be the coming movements,…

— David Rockefeller

The museums are here to teach the history of art and something more as well, for, if they stimulate in the weak a desire…

— Edgar Degas

Fashion went from being much more rarefied to being more accessible. Now everything is changing in the art world, too: even the highest level…

— Cynthia Rowley

I believe in the democratization of the arts. What do I mean by that? I think museums, with some exceptions, have a responsibility to…

— Eli Broad

Contemporary curators orbit in the place of distribution and consumption, and less and less in the space of artists. I think it has become…

— Michelle Grabner

Artists change how we see the world - and that can have value in the way people do business.

— John Maeda

If the standard for art is the decency of its creators, we're going to have a lot of empty museums.

— Bari Weiss