On the role of the museum curator:
"Yes. I’ve watched it evolve and change in 30 years when I was at the Met. Curators are much more involved in their own budgeting for exhibitions and working more closely with editorial departments on books and catalogs, with development, helping with fund-raising, which I never did as a young curator. Well, it’s a logical thing. Put yourself in the donor’s shoes. You’re more likely to give if the presentation is made by a curator who brings the knowledge and expresses it with passion."
Read the full interview in the NY Times