# "My kid sister could draw that!" Why in Art Museums?

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**Created:** [April 11, 2007, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-kid-sister-could-draw-that-why-in-art-museums/399711 "2007-04-11T22:27:22Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 12, 2007, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-kid-sister-could-draw-that-why-in-art-museums/399711/29 "2007-04-12T01:56:13Z")

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[QUOTE=Shagnasty]  
What part of your life did it change?  
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I know it’s not directed at me, but for me at least, it obviously changed my opinion of Rothko in one fell swoop. Secondly, it taught me never ever to judge a painting by its representation as a reprint or on the web. Thirdly, it’s the closest I’ve had to a truly religious experience in the last twenty or so years. I’m not a religious person, but if I were, Rothko would be proof to me that artists talk to gods.

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