We live in a world of crisis, of challenge, and ... it's in our galleries that we can unpack the civilizations that we're seeing the current manifestations of.

European museums are all dependent on government financing. The moment European governments are under financial pressure, their budgets are cut.

The Metropolitan Museum has all of our collections online, all our scholarly publications and catalogues since 1965. We have online features like the timeline of art history.

Schiaparelli’s collaborations with Dali and Cocteau as well as Prada’s Fondazione Prada push art and fashion ever closer, in a direct, synergistic, and culturally redefining relationship.

I would probably have been very content as a scholar to have carried on organising exhibitions and writing books and teaching.

The Great Hall at the Met is one of the great portals of the world... From there, you can walk in any direction to almost any culture.

I think for most Americans, knowledge of the Islamic world was pretty slight before 9/11, and then it was thrust upon us in one of America's darkest hours.

Museums are like the quiet car of the world. It's a place you can come to escape, where there's authenticity, there's uniqueness, there's calm, there's physicality.

You will find poetry nowhere unless you bring some of it with you.

Focus on The Present. Only The Present

Every major accomplishment in a man's life requires a major level of commitment.

Poverty is not a circumstance, it's an attitude.

To specialize is to brush one tooth. When a person specializes he channels all of his energies through one narrow conduit

Charisma (presence, poise, magnetism) and charm (enchantment, attraction, fascination) are behaviors which can be learned and practiced.

Holly's theory about the army," Sharon explained. And what is it?" Denise asked, intrigued. Oh, that fighting for peace is like screwing for virginity.

My mind to me an empire is,While grace affordeth health.

Actresses are nightmares. I don't hang out with any of them. That's a problem with my profession. I try not to be like an actress.

While we were at rest, Christ was in rescue mode. While we were doing nothing, He was doing EVERYTHING. He was down in the depths of the earth fighting for our freedom.