"Nobody ever flunked a science museum"

-- Frank Oppenheimer

#Museums Quotes

“I want people to believe me when I play a part and they are less apt to if they know a lot about me and have associations about me.”
“The white light of truth, in traversing the many sided transparent soul of the poet, is refracted into iris-hued poetry.”
“Only when he has ceased to need things can a man truly be his own master and so really exist.”

Source : Anwar Sadat (1978). “In Search of Identity: An Autobiography”, New York : Harper & Row
“We see the world, not as it is, but as we are -- or, as we are conditioned to see it. When we open our mouths to describe what we see, we in effect describe ourselves, our perceptions, our paradigms.”
“For me, being Christian Armenian, born into the Islamic culture in Iran and then, at the age of 13, being sent to England and embracing the English culture and becoming part of so-called swinging London and the era of euphoria and celebration that the '60s represented is very critical. It was a moment when, for the first time, the business of internationalism was being effectively represented-in music, art, cinema, design. Before that, everything was directed toward the old industry, the old school, the old format, and there was no room for varieties to evolve.”
“I've always had a sense of responsibility - I think that comes with being the oldest kid in the family. Now, I'm getting more comfortable with acting a little younger and carefree because I've been so responsible my whole life. I'm letting go a little.”

Source : "13 Going on 30". Interview with Lee Hernandez, www.latina.com. October 20, 2009.
“I guess, there are always people that you latch onto that really inspire you.”
“Most creatures have a vague belief that a very precarious hazard, a kind of transparent membrane, divides death from love; and that the profound idea of nature demands that the giver of life should die at the moment of giving.”

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