Archives Quote by Sara Sheridan

“I imagined a book that was both written and curated. I wanted readers to see my research, to explore the archival mix, connect with…

— Alexis Coe

No one loves an archive better than I do. I can smell a good one half-a-block away - all that brittle papyrus dust is…

— Allen C. Guelzo

Archives can be inspiring but overwhelming. You have to forget them - especially when the whole world has been knocking them off. Everyone shops…

— Patrick Cox

What's an archive, son? Is that anything like a closet?

— Redd Foxx

“People like to be shown around archives. I don’t know why. I’m in the business, but one row of shelves stuffed with manila files…

— V.T. Davy

The Woodruff Library Archives has done a phenomenal job archiving my son's materials.

— Afeni Shakur

I realized the importance of archiving. So I save key pieces from my collections, as well as any red-carpet things that become iconic. I…

— Jason Wu

“Dipping into the archive is always an interesting, if sometimes unsettling, proposition. It often begins with anxiety, with the fear that the thing you…

— Moyra Davey

“My archive project is a multiedged sword. It is something I love doing, but it raises some questions about my motives in doing it.…

— Neil Young

I like the idea of doing things that only exist for as long as they exist, which are not archives, which are not sold…

— Momus

Research material can turn up anywhere - in a dusty old letter in an archive, a journal or some old photographs you find in…

— Sara Sheridan

“It took years of keeping journals to trust a simple fact: like life in transit, the writing inside is often fragmented, messy.”

— Alexandra Johnson