“Google the name Prometheus, and see how often it has been given to inn...” — Neil MacGregor Quote

“Google the name Prometheus, and see how often it has been given to innovations in many different fields, notably science, medicine and space exploration. The fire he stole can be seen, too, as the spark generating all artistic creativity.”

“Creation stories, so central in the religions of the Middle East, play a surprisingly marginal part in Greek myth. The Greeks had nothing to set alongside the resounding 'In the beginning' in the book of Genesis, where one eternal God creates the universe out of nothing.”

“For the Greeks, there was no single canonical version of creation, but a number of overlapping stories.”

“Prometheus - trickster, rebel and hero - links the realm of the gods with the world of humanity, with which he had such close affinity. His act of stealing fire has been viewed as the foundation of all man's technologies.”

“The Louvre stopped buying paintings in 1848, and neither the Metropolitan nor the Hermitage acquire contemporary material.”

“I don't feel deprived in not completing my artistic endeavors.”

“Prince had always told us he just wanted to get through this thing called life. But now that his own physical life has ended, his artistic life will continue.”

“You come out of drama school and do theatre and are interested in creative endeavour, then you drift into TV and movies and realise that artistic endeavour needs to balance with financial success. There's no point spending millions on a movie that doesn't make any money, because the people producing it won't make another one.”

“I definitely think that using that artistic side of your brain, just having an outlet for emotion is very important, whether it be painting, dancing, acting, or singing.”

“I always have a guitar or ukulele in the trailer, and I write songs. That keeps me in an artistic mind-set.”

“I've always wanted to make a music video with skating and different imagery, something very artistic.”