“Truly great architecture always transcends its stated function, sometimes in unanticipated ways.” WaySometimesFunctionArchitecture Author:Martin Filler
“Before World War II, Modernist architects sometimes had to resort to custom fabrication or outright fakery to achieve the machine imagery advocated by the Bauhaus after its initial, Expressionist, phase. Stucco masqueraded as reinforced concrete; rivets were used for decoration.” WorldWarSometimesUsedAchieveMachinesWar Of The WorldsCustomsWorld War IiArchitectConcretePhasesResortsInitialsImageryDecorationFabrication Author:Martin Filler
“What a museum chooses to exhibit is sometimes less important than how such decisions are made and what values inform them. To have the crucial role of museum professionals usurped by self-serving tycoons in the name of economic imperative threatens not only the integrity of individual institutions but the very principle of art held in public trust.” ArtMadeImportantSelfSometimesValuesNamesIndividualDecisionPrinciplesRolesEconomicTrustIntegrityInstitutionsServingMuseumsCrucialImperativesExhibitsSelf ServingPublic TrustTycoons Author:Martin Filler
“The most basic task of any museum must be the protection of works of cultural significance entrusted to its care for the edification and pleasure of future generations. This imperative rightfully takes precedence over acquisition, interpretation, outreach, or any number of other activities now believed to be crucial to the survival of our great art repositories. Sometimes a museum gains its holdings with much strategic forethought, and at other times serendipitously, as when a long-coveted neighbor’s plot suddenly becomes available. Yet the moral responsibility remains the same.” LongArtSometimesCarePleasureNumbersResponsibilityMoralGenerationsActivitySurvivalGainsTasksRemainsAvailableProtectionNeighborPlotSignificanceInterpretationMuseumsCrucialGreat ArtImperativesFuture GenerationStrategicAcquisitionPrecedenceMoral ResponsibilityForethoughtOutreachEdification Author:Martin Filler
