“In my collection, to me at least, the theatre of the past lives again and those long-dead playwrights and actors have in me an enthralled audience of one, and I applaud them across the centuries.” LongPastActorsAudienceCenturyTheatreCollectionsPlaywrightPast LifeAudience Of One Book:Selected Works on the Pleasures of Reading Source: Selected Works on the Pleasures of Reading
“I do have a collection of mid-century, small-press science fiction and fantasy hardcovers that is my most focused and dedicated collection. Everything else I tend more to acquire or amass than collect. I have vinyl records I listen to all the time when I work. But I don’t collect records. I just buy records where the price seems right and it’s music I actually listen to.” SeemsFictionFantasyRecordsCenturyScience FictionPressesFocusedAcquireCollectionsDedicatedVinylScience Fiction And Fantasy Author:Michael Chabon
“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.” FactsSpaceCuttingFeetCenturyFitSkinsBritishSavingCollectionsMuseumsBurnedZeal18th CenturyBonfireBritish Museum Author:Adam Savage
“My collection of historical fashion consists of about 10,000 pieces - dresses and accessories, from 18th century to today. The main focus was initially Russian fashion, but now I have extended it to the whole European continent.” WholeTodayFocusPiecesCenturyFashionDressesHistoricalCollectionsContinentsAccessories18th Century Author:Alexander Vassiliev