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Gallery Quotes

I wanted to be a star, not a gallery mascot.

I wanted to be a star, not a gallery mascot.

Jean-Michel Basquiat, Civico museo Revoltella (1999). “Basquiat”, Walker Art Center

How much would you want to stand at the wrong end of a shooting gallery?

"Fictional character: Wagstaff". "Horse Feathers", 1932.

The gallery in which the reporters sit has become a fourth estate of the realm.

"On Hallam's Constitutional History" by Thomas B. Macaulay, 1828.

How often my soul visits the National Gallery, and how seldom

Logan Pearsall Smith (1950). “A Portrait of Logan Pearsall Smith: Drawn from His Letters and Diaries, and Introduced by John Russell”

When the 14th Amendment, equal protection clause was enacted, the galleries in the Senate were segregated. Now we have integration.

"Interview with Senator Arnold Specter". Interview with Bob Schieffer, www.realclearpolitics.com. May 3, 2009.

History, it is easily perceived, is a picture-gallery containing a host of copies and very few originals.

Alexis de Tocqueville (2013). “The Old Regime and the Revolution: The controversial bestselling guide to the origins of the French Revolution”, p.100, Harriman House Limited

In a gallery, there's an expectation of high prices and a somewhat elitist atmosphere.

"Cotton Candy Man". Interview with Ana Finel Honigman, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 9, 2009.