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We show people that anybody can paint a picture that they're proud of. It may never hang in the Smithsonian, but it will certainly be something that they'll hang in their home and be proud of. And that's what it's all about.
Bob Ross
Home
People
Will
Picture
About
Something
Never
Smithsonian
Proud
Hang
May
Anybody
Show
Certainly
Show People
Paint
When I had a fellowship at the Smithsonian, I asked for a couch in the office because I liked to lie down and take a break.
Gloria Steinem
Lie
Down
Couch
Take
Had
Liked
Smithsonian
Fellowship
Because
Office
Break
Asked
I listened to birds and crickets, looking for the ways that rhythm appears most naturally in the world. I listened to the Smithsonian's field recordings of pygmy choirs from Africa.
Maggie Rogers
World
Looking
Field
Birds
Ways
Recordings
Most
Smithsonian
Listened
Africa
Rhythm
Choirs
Naturally
Appears
The Mothership is in the Smithsonian now. That's probably one of the biggest displays there.
George Clinton
Smithsonian
Biggest
Now
I wouldn't be surprised if some day, they put the Simpsons in the Smithsonian. It's become part of our culture, those characters.
Joe Mantegna
Day
Culture
Become
Our
Those
Characters
Some
Part
Put
Simpsons
Smithsonian
Surprised
The Simpsons
When I moved to America, I knew I wanted to be a designer. I never imagined one of my dresses would end up in the Smithsonian.
Jason Wu
Would
Dresses
Never
Knew
Smithsonian
End
Up
America
Moved
Wanted
Designer
Imagined
I love the Smithsonian. I'm a real dork for that kind of stuff.
John Rzeznik
Love
Kind
I Love
Stuff
Smithsonian
Real
Dork
As a regent, I hope to bring that important perspective of a typical family visitor in combination with my background as a Member of Congress and a proponent of the Smithsonian's efforts to reach all Americans.
Xavier Becerra
Hope
Family
Perspective
Important
Congress
Typical
Background
All Americans
Member
Visitor
Proponent
Combination
Reach
Smithsonian
Efforts
American
Bring
I was at the Smithsonian for twenty years, and I'm still at the Smithsonian as a curator emeritus, and I still plan to figure out what that means for me at this point in my life.
Bernice Johnson Reagon
Life
Me
My Life
Out
Point
Smithsonian
Still
Years
Curator
Plan
Means
Figure
Twenty
If I had been at a University I don't think I would have been able to have the experience I had in my Smithsonian work. I don't think I have been as successful.
Bernice Johnson Reagon
Work
Experience
Think
Would
Able
Had
Smithsonian
Been
Successful
University
I started graduate school in 1971, I started working at the Smithsonian in the festival in 1972. I went full-time at the Smithsonian in 1974. And I got my doctorate in 1975.
Bernice Johnson Reagon
School
Doctorate
Smithsonian
Got
Festival
Graduate
Graduate School
Working
Full-Time
Started
The turntable is now an instrument at the Smithsonian.
Ajay Naidu
Instrument
Smithsonian
Turntable
Now
The Smithsonian should box and preserve Tim McGraw's Nashville den for a future exhibit entitled 'Early 21st Century American Man Cave.'
Stephen Rodrick
Future
Man
Entitled
Smithsonian
Box
Tim
Exhibit
Nashville
Den
Cave
American
Century
Should
Early
Preserve