Dominique de Menil (1908-1997)

Dominique de Menil was a French-American art collector, philanthropist, founder of the Menil Collection and an heiress to the Schlumberger Limited oil equipment fortune. She was awarded the National Medal of Arts in 1986.

Quotes

What should move us to action is human dignity: the inalienable dignity of the oppressed, but also the dignity of each of us. We lose dignity if we tolerate the intolerable.