“I'd love to open a private museum in Paris, London, or New York, but I don't have the money. If I were Bill Gates or Paul Allen, the first thing I would do is build a museum.” IfsFirstsNew YorkBillsLondonParisGatesMuseums Author:Jean Pigozzi
“New York. It's home to opera, Broadway, museums, the ballet and orchestra - everything that I love. The most real people in the world live there.” PeopleWorldRealHomeNew YorkMuseumsBalletOperaBroadwayOrchestra Author:Kristin Chenoweth
“I went to the beach a couple of times in New York City. Tough summer out there, but I was pretty excited. I found what I thought at the time was a very rare seashell. And I took it to a friend of mine who works in a museum. And I was really disappointed. It turned out to be just a human ear.” InspirationalHumansFoundCitiesNew YorkMinesCoupleSummerToughEarsExcitedBeachMuseumsDisappointedNew York City Author:David Letterman
“The American Museum of Natural History is my son's absolute favorite place in the world! So we really, really, really love New York.” WorldNaturalNew YorkSonAbsolutesMy SonMuseumsPlaces In The WorldNatural HistoryFavorite PlacesMuseum Of Natural History Author:Mark Teixeira
“Boston: Clear out eight hundred thousand people and preserve it as a museum piece. New York: Prison towers and modern posters for soap and whiskey. Pittsburgh: Abandon it.” PeopleHomeClearPiecesModernNew YorkThousandTravelHundredPrisonEightPreservesAbandonMuseumsTowersBostonSoapWhiskeyPostersPittsburgh Author:Frank Lloyd Wright
“It was during my first trip to America in 1953 - thats when I learned to visit museums. I was then 26 years old. When I travel, the first thing I do is to visit museums. When I go to New York City, I usually go to Broadway to see the shows.” YearsFirstsShowsAmericaCitiesNew YorkMuseumsNew York CityBroadway Author:John Gokongwei
“Growing up in New York is like living in a horror museum because there are so many strange people walking the streets and riding the subways. You learn to develop a tough front if you live here, just in case you get into any kind of trouble and you need to talk your way out of it.” PeopleIfsWayNeedsKindCasesGrowing UpGrowingTroubleStreetsFrontsNew YorkStrangeWalkingHorrorToughMuseumsRidingSubway Author:Christopher Walken
“In New York, I'm playing in a church, solo, doing instrumental stuff. There's talk of doing more, like, installation-type things with some of the specimen horns I've played through. Just filling a room in a museum with these horn-speaker sculptures and then making loops that run all day, and you walk around the room and sort of mix the sound by where you stand. That's all way in the future, but that kind of stuff is a different way of thinking about performing.” ThinkingWayKindDifferentRunningStuffSoundChurchWalksRoomsNew YorkTypePerformingDifferent WaysMuseumsSpeakersSoloSculptureFillingHornsWay Of ThinkingLoopsWhere You StandInstallation Author:Andrew Bird
“I have a passion for modern and contemporary art. I spend a lot of time in museums; I particularly like the Guggenheim, MoMA in New York or LACMA and the Getty Museum in Los Angeles, for example. I cannot wait for the Louis Vuitton Foundation to open.” ArtPassionWaitingModernNew YorkExampleFoundationContemporaryLos AngelesMuseumsContemporary ArtLouis Vuitton Author:Delphine Arnault
“Our theaters, our museums, our culture. We have everything New York has without the hassles.” CultureNew YorkTheaterMuseumsHassle Author:Jesse Ventura
“Museums that aren't perfect are the ones that I love. Museums that aren't overdesigned. I always like to visit the strange, odd museums. In New York, the Frick is absolutely my favorite, favorite place because I like to think that it was someone's home not that long ago.” ThinkingLongHomePerfectNew YorkStrangeMy FavoriteOddMuseumsLong AgoFavorite Places Author:Reed Krakoff
“Most of my life, I thought that I would end up a novelist. But then, in New York City, after college, I started a company with a college friend where we made documentary video for museums. In that capacity, I shot, directed, edited and began to learn the vocabulary of film.” MadeEndsFilmCitiesCompanyNew YorkCollegeShotsCapacityVideoNovelistsMuseumsNew York CityDocumentariesVocabularyEdited Author:Jon Spaihts
“To have a museum like the Museum of Modern Art in New York is to have power. I don't have any interest in being the director of an institution that has power.” ArtInterestModernNew YorkDirectorsInstitutionsMuseumsModern Art Author:Luis Gonzalez
“You don't have to go to New York and you don't have to go to LA or London. Go somewhere cheap. Go somewhere with free art museums and then just go to art museums.” ArtNew YorkLondonMuseums Author:Jessa Crispin
“It is hard not to be inspired when you're living in New York. It doesn't matter what you do. I think that there is so much going on in this city. I like walking around or taking the subway, thinking about all the history here, looking at the architecture and all the people; of course, the museums. It's tough to find a better place to live.” PeopleThinkingMatterHardCoursesCitiesNew YorkWalkingToughInspiredArchitectureMuseumsBetter PlaceSubwayPlaces To LiveBe Inspired Author:Diego Klattenhoff