I've always had a real love for Northwest art and some of the traditions here. Part of the reason I'm so interested in the museum is being able to focus on this region and really understand it.

There are some traditions that do not use art at all, with a belief that it is impossible to portray Jesus at all. And there are traditions, especially the Orthodox Church, that say he had to be visible if he was human and portraying him that way affirms the incarnation.

You shouldn't take a fence down until you know the reason it was put up.

Pocahontas was the reason the Virginia colony didn't disappear, unlike some earlier attempts, ... We can thank her for that.

Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believing as we already do.

Brad has won a Super Bowl and is a great quarterback. We brought him in here for that reason. He's definitely going to come in and do a fine job for us, I think.