Jimmy Carter actually said...

The National Gallery symbolizes our belief in the freedom and the genius of the human mind which is manifested in art.

Support for the arts and humanities flows through many different kinds of channels, leaving room for art and scholarship to develop naturall...

This beautiful building is an important addition to that unique repository of knowledge and culture, the Smithsonian Institution.

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 inte...