Quotes about Museums

"I went to the museum where they had all the heads and arms from the statues that are in all the other museums."
-Stephen Wright

"There were many museums competing for this show, so there was a bit of 'who you know' involved in our getting it. They knew we could accommodate a show of this scale, and South Florida had the audience to support it."
-Irvin Lippman

"Often clients are under the misconception that museums are going to welcome it with open arms."
-Douglas Moore

"If they managed the city budget better, I would think they would not have to close down libraries and museums."
-Deborah Mitchell

"Some of our greatest historical and artistic treasures we place in museums; others, we take for walks."
-Roger Caras

"I've always been against such arguments, ... If we followed them [to their logical conclusion], then all of the Native American artifacts in England and Europe ought to be repatriated, and all of the European/Chinese/Indian art in American museums should go back, too."
-Cathy Wright

"Art always deals with big subjects, and great museums address great debates. The more information people have, the more communication, and the better society can be."
-Irv Lippman

"We will be calling on you to help by donating money to the White County Historical Society, designating your gift for renovating the museums. Donations are deductible as charitable contributions on the donor's federal income tax return."
-Janet Pritchett

"The museums particularly affected were on the Royal Mile, the focal point for tourists in the city."
-Ricky Henderson

"Museums are the secular temples of our day."
-Bill Jack

"This will be a wonderful addition to the museum's bottom line, but there will still be a ways to go."
-Dan Finley

"We've always been among the very finest college art museums in the South and probably America. But now, it's like a new ball game. Everything has doubled. I think it will be a more prominent cultural venue for Central Florida."
-Arthur Blumenthal

"The number of great museums and nonprofits versus the number of corporate headquarters is incredibly out of whack."
-Richard Stengel

"We were looking for something that would be fun and social, but also allow the museums and library to let people know what we do and how we can have an impact on their lives. All three institutions do a lot of programming for kids and families, and we were looking to do something a little different that would attract adults."
-Jill Hartmann

"For years, there was no direct evidence of the production of glass. Somebody was making it, but the only thing we had were museums full of glass objects."
-Thilo Rehren

"It's really oriented more to Main Street than to the museums. A public movement in public art."
-Rod Barker

"Some museums are still working out of trailers."
-Lori Gross

"It has been a labor of love. It's a concept Chesney came up with in carrying out the premise that our museums are repositories of the American experiences."
-Marc Doyle

"I'm a cultural historian, not just a journalist, ... I feel with these 'Little-Known Museums' you really get a sense of the people through it."
-Rachel Kaplan

"It's a side of museums that many people don't see and sometimes don't understand when they see it in your budget. It's something that happens out of the way and it's not flashy but we're ensuring the long-term health of the cultural legacy of the area."
-Stephen Perkins

"It's a heady feeling. Museums around the world are buying [contemporary Chinese art], Chinese collectors have begun to get seriously interested and even funds are being created to buy it. This is Chinese art's moment."
-Ludovic Bois

"Marshall has the most unique museums."
-Steve Adler

"We conceived of it as a response to the fact that evolution was not being taught in schools and that museums now have to take up the banner."
-Judy Diamond

"More museums are embracing it. But some museums consider it this necessary evil, like the sugar-coated pill, when in fact it's not."
-Nicola Lisus

"I open events for museums and I do charity work and photography."
-Bill Wyman

"This one is going to be shown in museums. It's an art film."
-Michael Novack

"The annex can and should be developed. There are no other credible nonprofit museums that are interested in that spot."
-Susan Jollie

"It is the museum's policy not to comment on the cost of exhibitions."
-Diane De Grazia