Art, Interest My People, Museums, Elizabeth Catlee

“I try to do art that will interest my people. I'm not trying to impress art critics or to do art for museums. People who run museums are millionaires and they have a whole other idea bout art.” - Elizabeth Catlee, in Washington Post, May 5, 1993

Found in Contemporary Quotations in Black, compiled and edited by Anita King, page 36.

Art, Interest My People, Impress Art Critics, Museums, Elizabeth Catlee

“I try to do art that will interest my people. I'm not trying to impress art critics or to do art for museums. People who run museums are millionaires and they have a whole other idea bout art.” - Elizabeth Catlee, in Washington Post, May 5, 1993

Found in Contemporary Quotations in Black, compiled and edited by Anita King, page 36.

Museums, Galleries, People, Art, Excitement and Energy, Riva Yares

“Museums and galleries are for people. Children need to grow up in them. Art can give you excitement and energy. A painting can do something for your spirit that nothing else can.” - Riva Yares

Found in Treasury of Women's Quotations, by Carolyn Warner, page 33.