The Museum of Lost Art Quotes

“That we do not simply shrug and move on when we learn of a lost masterpiece is a testament to the love felt for art, the sense that it is greater than ourselves, whether we are driven to protect its cultural importance or its beauty. People have died trying to defend or recover art . . . There is madness to this, perhaps, but one that may have been present for as long as art has played a role in human lives - since our ancestors braving the dark of the deepest caves to paint images on cold stone walls.”
― Noah Charney, The Museum of Lost Art

“There are endless works of lost art, far more than have survived, far more than fills the thousands of museums the world over, the hundreds of thousands of churches and temples, the millions of homes. Each has a story, but to tell every one would mean a book without end.”
― Noah Charney, The Museum of Lost Art

“Imagine a Museum of Lost Art. It would contain more masterpieces than all of the world's museums combined.”
― Noah Charney, The Museum of Lost Art

“It is important, also, to recognize that the art blessed with survival is not necessarily the art that was most important or influential when it was first displayed.”
― Noah Charney, The Museum of Lost Art