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I promise you: we will have the title of great museum
—Allen Turner
That project in Chicago was designed for the winter. We need to have very, very thick cloth.
—Christo
The gentleman to my right said, “Excuse me miss, would you get me a cup of coffee?
—Helyn Goldenberg
"Dear King, Waste Management and the MCA are in the same business. We collect garbage."
—King Harris
You would often find Ruth and Lindy together in the galleries with Ruth verbally telling her friend what they were seeing
—Lisa Key
Chicago will have its Museum of Contemporary Art. To everyone who accepts the challenge of the untried and unproven, the museum will offer the excitement of discovery.
I hereby proclaim October 21, 2017, to be MCA DAY IN CHICAGO
—Rahm Emanuel
It has always been a museum of the new.
—Madeleine Grynsztejn