"The only reason for bringing together works of art in a public place is that . . . they produce in us a kind of exalted happiness. For a moment there is a clearing in the jungle; we pass on refreshed with our capacity for life increased and with some memory of the sky."
"To me the museum embodies the "official story" of a particular time for a particular group of people. It is a time capsule. So I think once a museum is opened, it should remain unchanged as a window into the obsessions and prejudices of a period . . .If someone wantes to update a museum, they should build a new one. An entire city of museums would be nice, each stuck in its own time."
"Gazing at art removed one from the 'vulgar flux of life' and produced an effect that was comparable to, but better than, religious ecstasy"
"Solitude, the silence, the speaking looks. here is the mind's true home. The contemplation of truth and beauty is the proper object for which we were created, which calls forth the most intense desires of the soul, and of which it never tires."
Via Museum Studies
