“Survival is a funny business, too. A losing game. Literally. They love us, and we lose them all. The ones who made us, the ones who gave us, the ones who sat down and played with us, the ones who held us, or just laid eyes on us. The ones who bought, traded, and sold us. Cleaned us, redeemed us, brought back the sheen on us. Loved us. Learned everything there is to know about us.” ArtMuseumsArt QuotesMuseumArt MuseumArt Museums Book:Metropolitan Stories Source: Metropolitan Stories
“Our lives are devoted to our absence—to the idea that no trace of ourselves should be left in our work.” ArtMuseumsArt QuotesMuseum Book:Metropolitan Stories Source: Metropolitan Stories
“Melvin thought about the museum inhaling so much of the world—all that history, all that spiritual juice, all the passions and laments of each visitor—without ever really exhaling.” ArtArtistMuseumsArt QuotesMuseum Book:Metropolitan Stories Source: Metropolitan Stories