#ect

You can never properly predict the future as it really turns out. So you are doing something a little different when you write science fiction. You are trying to take a different perspective on now. ↗

— Kim Stanley Robinson

#different perspective #doing #fiction #future #little

If I'd been able to put the collection together in one go, say over two years, we'd have had a special team, most wouldn't stay. One or two glory seasons and they were off. To them, the north-east was too far out. They wanted to be with the big hitters. ↗

— Bryan Robson

#been #big #collection #far #glory

Father was the eldest son and the heir apparent, and he set the standard for being a Rockefeller very high, so every achievement was taken for granted and perfection was the norm. ↗

— David Rockefeller

#apparent #being #eldest #every #father

A museum has to renew its collection to be alive, but that does not mean we give on important old works. ↗

— David Rockefeller

#collection #does #give #important #mean

It is true that I am often startled and even angered and repulsed by the strange directions and provocative content of new forms that seem to pop up every few months. ↗

— David Rockefeller

#angered #content #directions #even #every

Mother's taste was eclectic and ranged from the ancient world to the contemporary from Europe to the U.S. ↗

— David Rockefeller

#contemporary #eclectic #europe #mother #ranged

The conventional notions of art have changed, and a lot of things done today are considered works of art that would have been rejected in the past. ↗

— David Rockefeller

#been #changed #considered #conventional #done

The role of a museum of modern art is to make a good selection and identify what we believe to be the coming movements, and that requires taste. ↗

— David Rockefeller

#believe #coming #good #identify #make

Everyone in those days expected that art students were wild, licentious characters. We didn't know how to be, but we sure were anxious to learn. ↗

— Norman Rockwell

#art #characters #days #everyone #expected

I didn't know what to expect from a famous movie star; maybe that he'd be sort of stuck-up, you know. But not Gary Cooper. He horsed around so much... that I had a hard time painting him. ↗

— Norman Rockwell

#cooper #expect #famous #gary #gary cooper