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Museum Quotes

I saw Joseph Cornell’s lyrical work for the first time at the Museum of Modern Art in the late seventies and have internalized many of his boxes Picture Quote #1

Science gave me a cosmic religious feeling, and I would get the same feeling when I was dragged to the Met and the Museum of Modern Art Picture Quote #1

The Best of the artist’s art, which will one day be in a Museum wall, the Painting that sets the artist apart of all other artist artists Picture Quote #1

The Elgin Marbles were supposed to be on the Parthenon. For many works of art, a museum is an artificial setting - a zoo, not a natural habitat Picture Quote #1

Every innovation scraps its immediate predecessor and retrieves still older figures Â” it causes floods of antiques or nostalgic art forms and stimulates the search for museum pieces Picture Quote #1

The fact that the work is affirmed by the Museum of Contemporary Art I think sends continued signals that this is worth paying attention to, looking at, and understanding Picture Quote #1

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Cleveland has a very bad reputation, but there’s a lot of stuff that’s left over from when there were very wealthy people - the Art Museum and a world class symphony that’s still world class Picture Quote #1

Tribeca Film Festival Doha will promote Middle Eastern themes and filmmakers, but not exclusively. Approximately 40 films will be presented at the new Museum of Islamic Art and in cinemas across Doha. Innovative work by established filmmakers will be shown alongside the debuts of newly discovered directing talents Picture Quote #1

In Paris, it used to feel like you were living in a museum. As beautiful as it was, it’s still limited. But here you have just everything Picture Quote #1

To give you an idea about how old I’m getting, we had some family living in Texas for a while, and we went to the Texas museum at the University of Texas in Austin, and they had this whole Texas Instruments section, and my Speak and Spell was an exhibit in the museum Picture Quote #1

Marlins Park is what I call my office in Miami, because I work for the Venezuelan Museum of Baseball and Hall of Fame. My job is to go to all the MLB stadiums and to talk to and collect articles from all the Venezuelan players in the big leagues and those Americans that played in Venezuela Picture Quote #1

I would love to see as many of the black players as possible in today’s Major League Baseball make every effort to go to the Negro Leagues Museum and get a first-hand view of how it all started Picture Quote #1

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I love my Force Fins, which are the kind of fins Special Forces use and really are adapted from the fins of fish. They’re very efficient. They are so beautiful, a pair is in the Museum of Modern Art. The set I have are ruby red. I call them my ruby flippers Picture Quote #1

If you see a wonderful archaic Greek marble object in a museum, it’s not only that it’s beautiful, but what comes to your mind is the fact that it’s 2,600 or so years old, and it was done by a human being at that time who you have such a limited ability to grasp - and yet you have this enormous ability to grasp Picture Quote #1

At a certain point, I stopped seeing my clothing worn by people on the streets . . . It seemed like they were being treated as museum items Picture Quote #1

That’s partly the success of my work-the ability to have a young black girl walk into the Brooklyn Museum and see paintings she recognizes not because of their art or historical influence but because of their inflection, in terms of colors, their specificity and presence Picture Quote #1

My husband is the romantic one in our relationship. He’s always doing sweet things for me. Each year, we recreate our first date - it was a blind date, and we met at the zoo, followed by a trip to the museum. I’d have to say that’s my favorite romantic date Picture Quote #1

I went to my first dinosaur hall with my father and twin brother. We went to the American Museum of Natural History, and I was blown away by the dinosaurs Picture Quote #1

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I go to the Natural History Museum and look at the cage of stuffed starlings there. But my favourite thing is the big blue whale. The scale of it is unbelievable, and makes you feel how insignificant you are as a human being Picture Quote #1

I want to bring back the human encounter into places where material things have a prime status. In a museum, you’re supposed to look at things and not talk to other people Picture Quote #1

If an army of monkeys were strumming on typewriters, they might write all the books in the British Museum Picture Quote #1

We went to the British Museum, and I was looking up my family in the books - pages and pages on it Picture Quote #1

A collection that embraces the whole world allows you to consider the whole world. That is what an institution such as the British Museum is for Picture Quote #1

I’ve heard the sound of 70 condoms being scraped over the floor at the British Museum. It feels like being an adventurer. Why would you stay in your living room if you could go out and experience things no one’s ever experienced? Picture Quote #1

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The fact is that the British Museum had a complete specimen of a dodo in their collection up until the 18th century - it was actually mummified, skin and all - but in a fit of space-saving zeal, they actually cut off the head and they cut off the feet and they burned the rest in a bonfire Picture Quote #1

To me, the building [of Museum of Arts and Design]now looks like a lovely jewel box, and the tiled faÃƒÂ§ade reminds me of a heat shield Picture Quote #1

Zaha Hadid’s Maxxi Museum is proof that Rome and contemporary architecture are no longer a paradox. The building is characteristic Hadid - with curving lines and organic shapes - and the permanent collection already boasts works by Francesco Clemente, William Kentridge, and Gerhard Richter Picture Quote #1

Celtic music is part of the language in Scotland and Ireland, where every kid and grandparent knows those songs, music by the likes of Woody Guthrie and Hank Snow is getting entrenched here. They are part of our cultural language. It’s part of a living treasure. It doesn’t just belong to a museum Picture Quote #1

A great day in New York would be to wake up, get a cup of coffee and head up to Central Park for a nice walk. Then I’d go down to the East Village and stroll around. After that, maybe I’d go check out a museum or catch an indie film at the Angelika Picture Quote #1

We learn a lot, and each museum ends up having its own distinctive character and personality Picture Quote #1

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I saw Joseph Cornell’s lyrical work for the first time at the Museum of Modern Art in the late seventies and have internalized many of his boxes. (Museum Quotes) Science gave me a cosmic religious feeling, and I would get the same feeling when I was dragged to the Met and the Museum of Modern Art. (Museum Quotes) The Best of the artist’s art, which will one day be in a Museum wall, the Painting that sets the artist apart of all other artist artists. (Museum Quotes) The Elgin Marbles were supposed to be on the Parthenon. For many works of art, a museum is an artificial setting - a zoo, not a natural habitat. (Museum Quotes) Every innovation scraps its immediate predecessor and retrieves still older figures Â” it causes floods of antiques or nostalgic art forms and stimulates the search for museum pieces. (Museum Quotes) The fact that the work is affirmed by the Museum of Contemporary Art I think sends continued signals that this is worth paying attention to, looking at, and understanding. (Museum Quotes) Cleveland has a very bad reputation, but there’s a lot of stuff that’s left over from when there were very wealthy people - the Art Museum and a world class symphony that’s still world class. (Museum Quotes) Tribeca Film Festival Doha will promote Middle Eastern themes and filmmakers, but not exclusively. Approximately 40 films will be presented at the new Museum of Islamic Art and in cinemas across Doha. Innovative work by established filmmakers will be shown alongside the debuts of newly discovered directing talents. (Museum Quotes) In Paris, it used to feel like you were living in a museum. As beautiful as it was, it’s still limited. But here you have just everything. (Museum Quotes) To give you an idea about how old I’m getting, we had some family living in Texas for a while, and we went to the Texas museum at the University of Texas in Austin, and they had this whole Texas Instruments section, and my Speak and Spell was an exhibit in the museum. (Museum Quotes) Marlins Park is what I call my office in Miami, because I work for the Venezuelan Museum of Baseball and Hall of Fame. My job is to go to all the MLB stadiums and to talk to and collect articles from all the Venezuelan players in the big leagues and those Americans that played in Venezuela. (Museum Quotes) I would love to see as many of the black players as possible in today’s Major League Baseball make every effort to go to the Negro Leagues Museum and get a first-hand view of how it all started. (Museum Quotes) I love my Force Fins, which are the kind of fins Special Forces use and really are adapted from the fins of fish. They’re very efficient. They are so beautiful, a pair is in the Museum of Modern Art. The set I have are ruby red. I call them my ruby flippers. (Museum Quotes) If you see a wonderful archaic Greek marble object in a museum, it’s not only that it’s beautiful, but what comes to your mind is the fact that it’s 2,600 or so years old, and it was done by a human being at that time who you have such a limited ability to grasp - and yet you have this enormous ability to grasp. (Museum Quotes) At a certain point, I stopped seeing my clothing worn by people on the streets . . . It seemed like they were being treated as museum items. (Museum Quotes) That’s partly the success of my work-the ability to have a young black girl walk into the Brooklyn Museum and see paintings she recognizes not because of their art or historical influence but because of their inflection, in terms of colors, their specificity and presence. (Museum Quotes) My husband is the romantic one in our relationship. He’s always doing sweet things for me. Each year, we recreate our first date - it was a blind date, and we met at the zoo, followed by a trip to the museum. I’d have to say that’s my favorite romantic date. (Museum Quotes) I went to my first dinosaur hall with my father and twin brother. We went to the American Museum of Natural History, and I was blown away by the dinosaurs. (Museum Quotes) I go to the Natural History Museum and look at the cage of stuffed starlings there. But my favourite thing is the big blue whale. The scale of it is unbelievable, and makes you feel how insignificant you are as a human being. (Museum Quotes) I want to bring back the human encounter into places where material things have a prime status. In a museum, you’re supposed to look at things and not talk to other people. (Museum Quotes) If an army of monkeys were strumming on typewriters, they might write all the books in the British Museum. (Museum Quotes) We went to the British Museum, and I was looking up my family in the books - pages and pages on it (Museum Quotes) A collection that embraces the whole world allows you to consider the whole world. That is what an institution such as the British Museum is for. (Museum Quotes) I’ve heard the sound of 70 condoms being scraped over the floor at the British Museum. It feels like being an adventurer. Why would you stay in your living room if you could go out and experience things no one’s ever experienced? (Museum Quotes) The fact is that the British Museum had a complete specimen of a dodo in their collection up until the 18th century - it was actually mummified, skin and all - but in a fit of space-saving zeal, they actually cut off the head and they cut off the feet and they burned the rest in a bonfire. (Museum Quotes) To me, the building [of Museum of Arts and Design]now looks like a lovely jewel box, and the tiled faÃƒÂ§ade reminds me of a heat shield. (Museum Quotes) Zaha Hadid’s Maxxi Museum is proof that Rome and contemporary architecture are no longer a paradox. The building is characteristic Hadid - with curving lines and organic shapes - and the permanent collection already boasts works by Francesco Clemente, William Kentridge, and Gerhard Richter. (Museum Quotes) Celtic music is part of the language in Scotland and Ireland, where every kid and grandparent knows those songs, music by the likes of Woody Guthrie and Hank Snow is getting entrenched here. They are part of our cultural language. It’s part of a living treasure. It doesn’t just belong to a museum. (Museum Quotes) A great day in New York would be to wake up, get a cup of coffee and head up to Central Park for a nice walk. Then I’d go down to the East Village and stroll around. After that, maybe I’d go check out a museum or catch an indie film at the Angelika. (Museum Quotes) We learn a lot, and each museum ends up having its own distinctive character and personality (Museum Quotes)

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