Jimmy Carter actually said...

"The dedication of this Gallery to a living past and to a greater and more richly living future is the measure of the earnestness of our intention that the freedom of the human spirit shall go on."

"We have no official art in this country, and I pray that we never will."

"This building stands as a metaphor for what, at its best, the relationship between government and the arts can be."

"It combines a reverence for the past with an eagerness for the future."