J. Carter Brown
J. Carter Brown
John Carter Brown III, director of the U.S. National Gallery of Art from 1969 to 1992 and a leading figure in American intellectual life. Under Brown's direction, the National Gallery became one of the leading art museums in the United States, if not the world. He was known as a champion of the arts and public access to art at a time of decreased public spending on the humanities...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPublic Servant
Date of Birth8 October 1934
CountryUnited States of America
J. Carter Brown quotes about
There's no point breaking a lot of crockery unnecessarily.
No one will understand a Japanese garden until you've walked through one, and you hear the crunch underfoot, and you smell it, and you experience it over time. Now there's no photograph or any movie that can give you that experience.
The Washingtonian said it shouldn't be built. The gallery's East Building is now considered a triumph, and members of the American Association of Architects have voted it one of the best buildings of all time.