Mary Rose’s Reviews > Nothing If Not Critical: Selected Essays on Art and Artists > Status Update

Quoting RB Kitaj: “"I've always loved [museums]. They are to me lighthouses of utopianism and social well-being." Why utopianism? Because the museum does nothing if it does not strive toward some ideal of visual literacy. Its mission begins from the belief that learning to see is as important as learning to read, and that seeing is not the property of one class.”