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Exhibition Quotes

What gets shown, and what it reveals.

This collection of exhibition quotes ranges from a historic showcase of consumer goods to an art exhibit built entirely from Lego bricks. For more on creative work, see our Art quotes.

Dubai's world class physical infrastructure has already established it as a major player in terms of trade, tourism and as the leading conference and exhibition venue in this part of the world.

Quotes by Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair

The privilege I've had as a curator is not just the discovery of new works... but what I've discovered about myself and what I can offer in the space of an exhibition - to talk about beauty, to talk about...

Quotes by Thelma Golden

There's no way to really mock up or simulate what I'm doing until I'm there. An exhibition for me is not a statement but an experiment.

Quotes by Robert Irwin

Almost the first thing you see after entering the Houdini exhibition at the Jewish Museum is a large-screen film of Harry Houdini hanging by his ankles upside-down from a tall building, high over a sea of men in fedoras, and...

Quotes by Robert Gottlieb

Art Quotes

I think different people have different problems and different relations to the exhibition of their work.

Quotes by Richard Serra

My work, in a certain way, got started in 1996 when I did an exhibition of thirteen paintings that were solely based on fashion imagery.

Quotes by Richard Phillips

The show business has all phases and grades of dignity, from the exhibition of a monkey to the exposition of that highest art in music or the drama which secures for the gifted artists a world-wide fame princes well might...

P. T. Barnum

'The Art of the Brick' is an exhibition I've done where I've taken some works of art from art history and replicated them all out of Lego bricks.

Quotes by Nathan Sawaya

After snowboarding a fair bit in 2011 and 2012 to test equipment, I got pretty good at it, and some friends at Adaptive Action Sports talked me into competing at the exhibition event at the Winter X Games in the...

Quotes by Mike Schultz

Being Quotes

My grandfather, who was always keen to promote living artists, staged an unprecedented exhibition of Peploe's works at Kirkcaldy in 1928.

Quotes by Michael Portillo

I want to be a champion. I want to be a long-reigning featherweight champion. I want to be known in the history books: my name everywhere as a champion. And then, later on in my career, when I start getting...

Quotes by Max Holloway

I think the medium or format of distributing things has its own characteristics. I think that an exhibition can communicate certain things that a video can't, and publications communicate that in a different way.

Quotes by Martine Syms

Certainly in the movie business there are bullies all over - bullies in the distribution business, exhibition business, production. Fine-tuning adult bullying is different. When a bully is an adult, it's a whole different set of colors.

Quotes by Martin Kove

Personal style isn't simply an exercise in parroting but rather an exhibition for our own stories - from the gait of our walk to the rhythm of our speech to the manner in which the necktie falls from the knot.

Quotes by LZ Granderson

Believe Quotes

A man's thinking goes on within his consciousness in a seclusion in comparison with which any physical seclusion is an exhibition to public view.

Quotes by Ludwig Wittgenstein

Opera tells stories through the pure emotion of music. An exhibition has to tell a story purely visually. I've tried to incorporate both of those things - pure emotion and being more visual - into my writing.

Quotes by Lisa See

My first exhibition oriented towards raising awareness was in 2008 in Paris. That was the first time I felt like I actually did something related to wildlife protection, and ever since that time, I haven't stopped.

Quotes by Laurent Baheux

In 1959, Moscow gave space to an exhibition of American consumer goods, and my father, also a member of this generation, tasted Pepsi for the first time.

Quotes by Keith Gessen

I believe that an art exhibition can be engaging, fun and deeply intellectually satisfying and serious. These are not contradictory concepts in art.

Quotes by Jeffrey Deitch

Business Quotes

I remember being an art student and going to the Whitney in 1974 to see the exhibition of Jim Nutt, the Chicago imagist. It was then I transferred to school in Chicago, all because of that show.

Quotes by Jeff Koons

Frequently Asked Questions

What historical exhibition is mentioned in this topic?
One quote recalls a 1959 exhibition in Moscow showcasing American consumer goods, where a family member tasted a familiar soda for the very first time.
Is there an art-focused exhibition in this set?
Yes, one describes an exhibition built from Lego bricks that recreates famous works of art history in an unexpected medium.
What does the curator quote say about exhibitions?
It reflects on how curating goes beyond simply finding new works, also revealing what the curator can offer through discussions of beauty.
Does this topic include sports exhibitions?
Yes, one athlete describes stepping into a high-profile winter sports competition after a couple of seasons spent testing new gear.
How does this topic connect to Art quotes?
Since exhibitions are closely tied to how art gets shown and shared, our Art quotes are a fitting companion read.

Other lines reflect on what curating an exhibition teaches about beauty, and on stepping into competitive exhibition events. Pair this with our Being and Business quotes.