"The function of museums is to make art worthless again. They take the work out of the market and put it in a place where it becomes part of the common wealth"

- Robert Storr, curator.

Source: Robert Storr quoed in Thornton, Sarah. Seven Days in the Art World. 2008. New York: W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 978-393-06722-4. pp. xiv.