Thelma Golden Quotes & Sayings

8 most famous Thelma Golden quotes and sayings (educator).

“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 power, to talk about ourselves, and to talk and speak to each other.”

“I grew up going to museums. I was privileged to discover art and artists in a very personal way.”

“As a child, our house had a backyard lined with roses tended vigilantly by my mother. So the fragrance fills me with nostalgia for my youth.”

“I'm constantly making exhibitions in my head.”

“The day I decided I didn't want to be a 19th-Century European curator, I knew I would never have the experience of people coming and going 'ooh' and 'aah,' the way they do around the Monets. It just doesn't happen.”