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"Why can't they design a museum that doesn't have to be explained?"
"Why can't they design a museum that doesn't have to be explained?"

"Why can't they design a museum that doesn't have to be explained?"

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1966
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon
DimensionsObject: 12 3/8 × 11 7/8 in. (31.5 × 30.2 cm) Sheet: 12 3/8 × 11 7/8 in. (31.5 × 30.2 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1346
“You can’t miss it. A big heap of stones, Eightieth Street and Fifth Avenue, just south of the Museum.”
“You can’t miss it. A big heap of stones, Eightieth Street and Fifth Avenue, just south of the Museum.”
Alan Dunn
1968
"That's why I hate France - you can't get a decent cup o' coffee."
"That's why I hate France - you can't get a decent cup o' coffee."
Alan Dunn
1928
"Frankly, Miss Plackett, you have a slight overlapping of the lunar returns, but cheer up and this goes for all you Capricorns. You have Saturn conjunct Mercury, which deepens the mind, and you have Venus, the love planet in trine with Pluto, which really gives you the go-ahead provided, of course, the new earth satellite doesn't come along and gum things up."
"Frankly, Miss Plackett, you have a slight overlapping of the lunar returns, but cheer up and this goes for all you Capricorns. You have Saturn conjunct Mercury, which deepens the mind, and you have Venus, the love planet in trine with Pluto, which really gives you the go-ahead provided, of course, the new earth satellite doesn't come along and gum things up."
Alan Dunn
1957
"So I said, 'Take your hands off me, Osprey you fish!' and that was all there was to that - ", "You must have led him on - that type doesn't make passes at just anybody - Just what were you doing with him on the terrace? You practically let him seduce you with those wolfish eyes - "
"So I said, 'Take your hands off me, Osprey you fish!' and that was all there was to that - ", "You must have led him on - that type doesn't make passes at just anybody - Just what were you doing with him on the terrace? You practically let him seduce you with those wolfish eyes - "
Alan Dunn
1948
"So I said, 'Take your hands off me, Osprey you fish!' and that was all there was to that - ", "You must have led him on - that type doesn't make passes at just anybody - Just what were you doing with him on the terrace? You practically let him seduce you with those wolfish eyes - "
"So I said, 'Take your hands off me, Osprey you fish!' and that was all there was to that - ", "You must have led him on - that type doesn't make passes at just anybody - Just what were you doing with him on the terrace? You practically let him seduce you with those wolfish eyes - "
Alan Dunn
1948
"I think I'll skip breakfast and lunch, [Marie,] and just have a Martini - And, by the way, say 'Veuillez, madame?' and not 'Vaulez?' - I don't want people to think I can't afford to have you use the subjuntive - "
"I think I'll skip breakfast and lunch, [Marie,] and just have a Martini - And, by the way, say 'Veuillez, madame?' and not 'Vaulez?' - I don't want people to think I can't afford to have you use the subjuntive - "
Alan Dunn
1948
"Why do you have to go and spoil everything by thinking of it as the East Bronx!"
"Why do you have to go and spoil everything by thinking of it as the East Bronx!"
Alan Dunn
1960
"Why don't you pray for the money? You have the clout."
"Why don't you pray for the money? You have the clout."
Alan Dunn
1971
Do I have to understand it? Can’t I just enjoy it?”
Do I have to understand it? Can’t I just enjoy it?”
Alan Dunn
1959
"You have to relax, Mother. Otherwise, he can't do it so well."
"You have to relax, Mother. Otherwise, he can't do it so well."
Alan Dunn
1937
"We used to have a Jap, but you can't tell what they're thinking."
"We used to have a Jap, but you can't tell what they're thinking."
Alan Dunn
1931
"This is just the tip of the iceberg. That's just the tip of the ice-berg. Can't we just have the news?"
"This is just the tip of the iceberg. That's just the tip of the ice-berg. Can't we just have the news?"
Alan Dunn
1974