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" 14th- and 15th-century drawings are almost unheard-of - and as a result, they generate jealous desire among dealers and curators. Museums in particular value rarity and pedigree more than attractiveness. "

Peter Landesman

" A great department store, easily reached, open at all hours, is more like a good museum of art than any of the museums we have yet established. "

John Cotton Dana

" American museums have become cautious, because it is very hard to get money to do something different or controversial. "

" Andy was a nonverbal person; you couldn't get directions out of him. All he knew was what was modern in art was what wasn't art: The telephone was art, the pizza was art, but what was hanging on walls in museums wasn't art. "

" A society - any society - is defined as a set of mutual benefits and duties embodied most visibly in public institutions: public schools, public libraries, public transportation, public hospitals, public parks, public museums, public recreation, public universities, and so on. "

" Being in America isn't old-hat - it's where we're from - but I get excited to be in other parts of the world like Athens and Croatia, which were quite cool. I'm a sightseer. I go see the sights and museums. I'm into that kind of thing. "

" Cash as a physical entity will virtually cease to exist, with coins and checkbooks consigned to museums. As people conduct their financial transactions on hand-held devices made secure by advanced biometrics, even tipping will be done electronically. "

James P. Gorman

" Dallas is a huge city. Great shopping, great restaurants, great museums. "

" Dumbing down takes many forms: art that is good for you, museums that flatter you, universities that increase your self-esteem. Culture, after all, is really about you. "

" Even though education was key in my family, I had no access to museums or art where we lived. I was a bit starved. "

" Fairy tales are with us day in and day out, not just in commercials, but references in the theater, movies, museums, schools, etc. "

" Great Art is Great because it inspired you greatly. If it didn't, no matter what the critics, the museums and the galleries say, it's not great art for you. "

" History is representational, while time is abstract; both of these artifices may be found in museums, where they span everybody's own vacancy. "

Robert Smithson

" I absorbed as many Impressionist paintings as I could, in Parisian museums and in many museums in the United States and in books, looking for clues to architecture, clothing, settings. "

" 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, museums and libraries, sifting through ministerial and parish records, censuses, maps, microfilm, logs, and local histories. "

" I came to Berlin not to visit its museums and galleries, its operas, its theaters... but for the sake of seeing and speaking with the world's greatest living man - Alexander von Humboldt. "

" I don't particularly like showing furniture on pedestals, but for whatever reasons you always have to in museums. "

" I don't want to sound pretentious, but I love art, I like to go to museums, and I like to read books. "

" 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 smell of an old greasy spoon somewhere. I like markets and little funny shops in the backstreets of Florence. "

" I find it difficult to go to museums. I prefer houses. "

Jonathan Anderson

" If you're middle aged... where're you going to go to meet someone? You're not going to go to a bar, you're not going to go to a night club; and there are the museums. "

Elizabeth Perkins

" I go to museums all the time. "

" I go to museums. I buy art, even. You should see my house; we don't have any wall space left. "

" I grew up going to museums. I was privileged to discover art and artists in a very personal way. "

" I grew up in a town where there were no galleries, no museums, no theaters - a very religious, ultraconservative community. "

" I hitchhiked to Miami in 1953, and there were oranges laying on the road, black shantytowns, and marinas with nice boats. The museums were virtually empty. "

James Rosenquist

" I like museums in Berlin a lot, especially in the eastern part. They're extraordinarily good. "

" I love England though; I've been back a few times and just love it. My favorite thing to do there is going to museums and all the castles. Oh, and my husband and I went mountain biking across England on our honeymoon! "

" I'm a closet nerd. I love to study history and visit museums. "

" I'm a contemporary artist and I show in art galleries and museums. I show a number of photographs and films, but I also make television programs, books and some appetizing, all with the same concept. "

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