Cultural Institution Quotes

The museum spreads its surfaces everywhere, and becomes an untitled collection of generalizations that mobilize the eye.

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.

The Smithsonian Institute is one of the most popular agencies of government in the United States.

When I was 13, I had a weekend job at the Photographers Gallery Bookshop in London.

Museums, free libraries, and art galleries have this in common: that they are each expected to fulfill two purposes which are somewhat incongruous, and require to be pursued by different methods and with different appliances. Each of these institutions is expected to minister to the wants both of trained students and of the untrained and ignorant public; and the demands of these two classes of persons are so diverse that they must be provided for separately

ESPN has so many characters, it's like 'The Simpsons.'

I think the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, first of all, has got to be put into the context of being an American cultural showcase. It's there to be a museum showcase of all that's great about American music.

The President and Vice-President of the United States, Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Navy, the Postmaster-General, the Attorney-General, the Chief Justice, and the Commissioner of the Patent Office of the United States, and the mayor of the city of Washington, during the time for which they shall hold their respective offices, and such other persons as they may elect honorary members, be, and they are hereby, constituted an "establishment," by the name of the "Smithsonian Institution," for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men; and by that name shall be known and have perpetual succession

When we build a public library, we don't have to pay to get in, but when we build a stadium, we have to pay the owner every time we go to a game.

But if I had to choose a single destination where I'd be held captive for the rest of my time in New York, I'd choose the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

The BBC can be infuriating at times but I love it with a passion.

There's a McDonald's in the Louvre.

Like the Wizards, Madame Tussauds has become a fixture in the nation's capital and one that I'm proud to be a part of.

What I am out to do is make sure that the Met continues to be the most exciting encyclopedic museum in the world. I want to sustain the vibrancy that makes it exciting to work here, that makes it exciting for visitors. The art remains central.

MoMA is doubling its space, and I decided to raise the money for it.

She'd absolutely adored the library_an entire building where anyone could take things they didn't own and feel no remorse about it.

The first time I went to the Met Ball, I was 16. I was an intern there and saved up to buy a staff ticket to the party. That was my favorite experience going. It wasn't the red carpet; it was the experience of being there for the first time.

The death of marriage has been announced so often and would seem so normal, in a sense. So what's surprising is the sheer longevity and tenacity of this institution.

The best museum is Bloomingdales.

In Denmark, the annual Christmas party is probably the most important cultural institution in the country.

It's really terrific to see Pittsburgh recognize the Mattress Factory.

I'm going to put a museum on my ranch and people keep saying, 'That's a huge idea.' Yeah, it's big, but not bigger than the average big movie. A hundred million dollars in the art world is a substantial amount of cash to do anything. That's maybe a big gallery's total sales for a given year.

It'd be really great to see the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame mature. It's a good facility there in Cleveland. I like the museum a lot.

I am both proud and honored to be on the Board of Directors for the Texas Ballet Theater.

I will not have the Federal Theater used politically.