“Artists create records of transitory moments, appearing to stop their clocks. They help us believe that some things aren’t transitory at all but rather remain beautiful, true, majestic, sad, or joyful over many lifetimes—and here is the proof, painted in pole, carved in marble, stitched into quilts.” ArtMuseumsArtistsArt History Book:All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me Source: All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
“The first step in any encounter with art is to do nothing, to just watch, giving your eye a chance to absorb all that's there. We shouldn't think "This is good," or "This is bad," or "This is a Baroque picture which means X, Y, Z." Ideally, for the first minute we shouldn't think at all. Art needs time to perform its work on us.” ArtMuseumsArt HistoryArt Appreciation Book:All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me Source: All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
“Would you rather have a 100 percent chance nothing happens to your Stradivarius, or would you rather have music coming from your Stradivarius? You can’t have both.” MusicRiskDamageMuseumsViolinStradivarius Author:Patrick Bringley