“Wilderness is rapidly becoming one of those aspects of the American dream which is more of the past than of the present. Wilderness is not only a condition of nature, but a state of mind and mood and heart. It cannot be confined to the museum-case status—seen only as a passing diorama from superlative throughways.” MindHeartStatesDreamPastCasesConditionsBecomingAspectMoodPassingPassingsWildernessMuseumsState Of MindAmerican DreamConfinedBecoming OneSuperlatives Book:Celebrating the American Earth: a Portfolio Source: Celebrating the American Earth: a Portfolio
“The Arts Council of England, in a 1998 report on 11 countries, found that Germany spent $85 per capita on the arts. The United States spent a shocking $6. And Canada, in its stubborn balance, spent $46... It's the Canadian way to be halfway between the Old and New worlds.” WorldWayArtCountryStatesFoundUnitedUnited StatesBalanceEnglandGermanyReportsCanadaMuseumsNew WorldStubbornShockingCouncilHalfwayOld And New Author:Michael Audain
“The society that will organize production on the basis of a free and equal association of the producers will put the whole machinery of the state where it will then belong: into the museum of antiquities, by the side of the spinning wheel and the bronze axe.” StatesWholeSidesEqualBasesProductionsProducersWheelsMuseumsAssociationOrganizeMachinerySpinningAntiquityBronze Author:Friedrich Engels
“My position on how to address the Confederate flag is clear. In Florida, we acted, moving the flag from the state grounds to a museum, where it belonged.” StatesMovingClearPositionAddressesMuseumsFlagsFloridaConfederateConfederate Flag Author:Rick Santorum