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

I love museums but I don't want to live in one.

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.

The best museums and museum exhibits about science or technology give you the feeling that, hey, this is interesting, but maybe I could do something here, too.

London has fine museums, the British Library is one of the greatest library institutions in the world... It's got everything you want, really.

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

Every museum is full of nice things. That's the opposite of before. It was important things or serious things. Now we have interesting things.

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.

I love going to museums, especially the Met, because there's always room for discovery, or the Neue Galerie. It's a great jewel box.