#gallery

History is a gallery of pictures in which there are few originals and many copies. ↗

— Alexis de Tocqueville

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I find old copies of National Gallery catalogues, which are written in the dryest possible prose, infinitely soothing. ↗

— Howard Hodgkin

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The Washingtonian said it shouldn't be built. The gallery's East Building is now considered a triumph, and members of the American Association of Architects have voted it one of the best buildings of all time. ↗

— J. Carter Brown

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You never see what you want to see, forever playing to the gallery. ↗

— Robertson Davies

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The nice thing about the gallery shows is that without having to pay any money you can just go and see it. ↗

— Yoko Ono

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Every so often you might have an outburst in the gallery. That's one of the most exciting things that happen because then you can say, 'Unless there's order we will call the Sergeant at Arms.' And that sounds really scary. ↗

— Amy Klobuchar

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Which painting in the National Gallery would I save if there was a fire? The one nearest the door of course. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

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