"We care too much about what happens to be there as a result of history. I worry even more that we care too much for the past and not enough for the present and the near present."

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Source : "Tate chief attacks 'save for the nation' art policy" by Fiachra Gibbons, www.theguardian.com. November 12, 2003.

Nicholas Serota

#Past Quotes #Worry Quotes #Care Quotes

“Perhaps ultimately, spiritual simply means experiencing wholeness and interconnectedness directly, a seeing that individuality and the totality are interwoven, that nothing is separate or extraneous. If you see in this way, then everything becomes spiritual in its deepest sense. Doing science is spiritual. So is washing the dishes.”
“Most evolving lineages, human or otherwise, when threatened with extinction, don't do anything special to avoid it.”
“Conservatives . . . may decide to join the game and seek activist judges with conservative views. Should that come to pass, those who have tempted the courts to political judging will have gained nothing for themselves but will have destroyed a great and essential institution. . . . There are only two sides. Either the Constitution and statutes are law, which means their principles are known and control judges, or they are malleable texts that judges may rewrite to see that particular groups or political causes win.”
“Comfort zones are plush lined coffins. When you stay in your plush lined coffins, you die.”
“There is something to be said about laying bare the vocabulary of the aristocratic measure, right? There's something to be said about allowing the powerless to tell their own story.”
“Hunting is not a sport. In a sport, both sides should know they're in the game.”
“Just be yourself and stay true to your core values.”
“When I go outside in the morning for coffee, I'm not going to spend forty-five minutes getting ready. I just don't care.”

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