Museumgoers Quotes & Sayings

Sometimes people can learn a lot about each other just by sitting in silence. — Louis Sachar

Each year, tens of millions of museumgoers walk through the entrance of the Getty, or the Metropolitan or the Prado or the Hermitage, and never consider the possibility of having to arbitrate for themselves the authenticity of what they have come to see. — Peter Landesman

I do not think that a museum needs to engage with pop culture in order to make itself interesting to museumgoers. Museums are already interesting and engaging with pop culture for its own sake is just a quick way to seem and become dated. — John Hodgman

I sort of lived half my life in California, half in England, so I am, I suppose, a little bit American. — Alice Eve

Music is the refuge of souls ulcerated by happiness. — Emile M. Cioran

Honey from the devil's fingers tastes bitter. — Matshona Dhliwayo

I don't think most teachers realize how much impact they have. — Scott Hamilton

I think 'The Lord of the Rings' trilogy has a very satisfying ending, and there's not really that deep of a mythological construct. — Damon Lindelof