Paul LeClerc Quotes (3 Quotes)

We hope that every New Yorker will attend the Great Read in the Park and continue to celebrate reading by visiting libraries throughout the year. New York City is fortunate to have great libraries that make it their mission to put books and information into the hands of New Yorkers and users from around the world. We at the New York Public Library are particularly thrilled that the Great Read is being held in Bryant Park, our most beautiful backyard.

You can sit here and you can visit the national library of Australia, of Great Britain, of France, of Germany, ... And that's the nature of reading today.

The library's board sees it differently. Ours was a decision to get out of the picture business, ... It was not a decision taken cavalierly, nor was it market-driven. Paintings are simply not part of our mission.