Wyatt Cenac Quotes

It was during my first trip to America in 1953 - that's when I learned to visit museums. I was then 26 years old. When I travel, the first thing I do is to visit museums. When I go to New York City, I usually go to Broadway to see the shows.

I love going to museums, especially the Met, because there's always room for discovery, or the Neue Galerie. It's a great jewel box.

I go to museums all the time.

Museums, I love museums.

I love going to museums.

We love going to museums. We are so into history and into art. We find it a great way to decompress.

Keep good company - that is, go to the Louvre.

I grew up going to museums. I was privileged to discover art and artists in a very personal way.

My mother was a teacher, and when she wanted to show me art and literature and science, she'd take me to museums, parks and free exhibitions.

Museums are tombs, and it looks like everything is turning into a museum.

When I'm in New York, my favorite place on the planet is the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

I read tons of books, listen to music non-stop, watch as many movies as possible, catch a play when I can, art shows, concerts, bar talks - I just try to engage in art, which to me is everywhere, as often as I can because narrative lives in it all.

I am inspired by music, travel, great architecture, and good, healthy food. I look for opportunities to learn about history, art, and cooking. When I learn, I grow.

Believe it or not, there are places in the world where music is important. There are places in the world where all the arts are a matter of national pride.

History is not just about dates and quotations. And it's not just about politics, the military and social issues, though much of it of course is about that. It's about everything. It's about life history. It's human. And we have to see it that way. We have to teach it that way. We have to read it that way. It's about art, music, literature, money, science, love - the human experience.

History casts its shadow far into the land of song.

And if out of a million visitors there is even one to whom art means something, that is enough to justify museums.

Every day look at a beautiful picture, read a beautiful poem, listen to some beautiful music, and if possible, say some reasonable thing.

They are works of art that can be considered works of art but don't have to be in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum.

You’re probably wasting time on things like eating and sleeping. Cease that, and read all of philosophy and all of literature. Also art. Plus politics and a few other things. The history of everything.

A record is a concert without halls and a museum whose curator is the owner.

As readers can probably tell from my books, I love the outdoors. I love to hike, kayak, and swim. I also love to read (which is probably not a surprise) and I love the theater and art museums. I especially love all the instruments of art: inks, pens, paintbrushes, watercolors and oils, fine papers and canvases, and although I love to mess around with these tools and objects, I have minimal artistic skills.

I have art. I have music. I have the history, this legacy behind me that I can look up to. This is what I believe in. If you want to call it God or spirituality, that's all up to you. Basically I believe in something that's bigger than myself, and that gives my life meaning.

A visit to a museum is a search for beauty, truth, and meaning in our lives. Go to museums as often as you can.

Ultimately it's the public nature of those projects that I most enjoy. Museums are more than just places to view art, they're also civic and social centers.