“Yes, my works... are enshrined in museums, but I don't care if the pieces fall apart in 20 years.” IfsYearsCareFallPiecesDon't CareI Don't CareMuseumsFalling Apart Author:Sigmar Polke
“No academy could have given me all I discovered by getting my teeth into the exhibitions, the shop windows, and the museums of Paris . Beginning with the market - where, for lack of money, I bought only a piece of a long cucumber - the workman in his blue overall, the most ardent followers of Cubism , everything showed a definite feeling for proportion, clarity, an accurate sense of form, of a more painterly kind of painting, even in the canvases of second-rate artists.” KindLongFeelingsFormArtistGivenPiecesPaintingWindowBlueRateTeethClarityParisProportionShopsMuseumsFollowersAccurateDefiniteAcademyArdentExhibitionsWorkmenSecond RateCucumbersCubismShop Windows Author:Marc Chagall
“I've enjoyed photography, ever since I was a teenager, and I'm still at it. I've had shows in various cities, around the country, and I have a number of pieces in permanent collections in museums that I'm very proud of.” StillsCountryShowsNumbersCitiesPiecesProudPhotographyVariousEnjoyedTeenagerPermanentCollectionsMuseums Author:Leonard Nimoy
“In a museum in London there is an exhibit called "The Value of Man": a long coffinlike box with lots of compartments where they've put starch phosphorus flour bottles of water and alcohol and big pieces of gelatin. I am a man like that.” MenLongBigsValuesWaterPiecesBoxesLondonAlcoholBottlesMuseumsExhibitsFlourPhosphorusGelatin Author:Stephane Mallarme
“It is a question in that case of breaking up one piece of art, and whether that piece of art can be as best as possible put back together. So it's an argument to say, maybe that's one of those instances, like the bust of Nefertiti, I think that should be given back [Egyptian piece currently in Neues Museum in Berlin]. It's one of those pieces you look at and think that would probably be the right thing to do.” ThinkingShouldLooksArtTogetherGivenCasesPiecesArgumentInstanceThings To DoRight ThingMuseumsBerlinBack TogetherOne PieceEgyptianNefertiti Author:George Clooney
“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
“Anyhow, there simply isnt enough room in the museums Fishes Hall, so weve decided to pretend to the public that a whale is actually a mammal without any legs. Its pathetically ridiculous-I mean to say, just look at the thing, its a gigantic fish if I ever saw one-but mums the word! In my experience the public will believe just about anything, so long as you write it down on a little piece of card.” IfsWritingBelieveLooksMeanLittlesLongEnoughRoomsSawsPiecesDecidedFishesLegsRidiculousCardsHallsMuseumsMumWhalesMammals Author:Gideon Defoe
“I believe that when you go into a gallery or a museum, the most powerful pieces are the ones that don't have the words in the corner that distract you from the larger piece.” BelieveI BelievePowerfulPiecesCornersMost PowerfulMuseumsGallery Author:Maynard James Keenan
“I think that you can treat a classic like a museum piece -stuffed and mounted- or you can make it a living, breathing narrative that is unfolding right then and there.” ThinkingPiecesTreatsBreathingNarrativeClassicMuseumsUnfolding Author:Peter Jackson
“A product is not a product unless it sells. Otherwise it is merely a museum piece.” PiecesProductsSellsMuseums Author:Theodore Levitt
“I think with my hands. I design things to be touched-not for a museum. A piece is ready when it has the shape of something to cherish.” ThinkingHandsPiecesDesignReadyShapesTouchedCherishMuseums Author:Eva Zeisel