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Museums are good things, places to look and absorb and learn.

Of course art world ethics are important. But museums are no purer than any other institution or business. Academics aren't necessarily more high-minded than gallerists.

Museums are managers of consciousness. They give us an interpretation of history, of how to view the world and locate ourselves in it. They are, if you want to put it in positive terms, great educational institutions. If you want to put it in negative terms, they are propaganda machines.

Museums, I love museums.

Museums are like the quiet car of the world. It's a place you can come to escape, where there's authenticity, there's uniqueness, there's calm, there's physicality.

Some of our greatest historical and artistic treasures we place in museums; others, we take for walks.

I have had many opportunities to visit universities all over the world in the past 50 years.

Museums are like sports stadiums, hotels and hospitals: they are in the category of captive-audience dining.

Museums provide places of relaxation and inspiration. And most importantly, they are a place of authenticity. We live in a world of reproductions - the objects in museums are real. It's a way to get away from the overload of digital technology.