Libraries are the secret weapon of the truly excellent. My late art foundation director friend would occasionally write art theory and critiques for books and

Libraries are the secret weapon of the truly excellent. My late art foundation director friend would occasionally write art theory and critiques for books and curatorial pieces, and I remember wondering how he was able to get across so many references and so much material to write so eloquently? Of course he'd been working since the 70's, but it wasn't till I set foot in a public library that I was like "Aha... surely this was his secret weapon.".