L'amour de l'art Quotes

“Although it is good for the visitor to be welcomed at the doors of the museum by a certain amount of aching and excitement, as soon as he crosses the threshold he should find the element without which he cannot have a profound encounter with the plastic arts: silence.”
― Pierre Bourdieu and Alain Darbel, L'amour de l'art : Les musées d'art européens et leur public