Peter's principles: riding the cycles of boom and bust, Peter Marzio has turned the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston into a great cultural--and business--success. (on Art).

Texas Monthly, September, 2002 by Michael Ennis

THE CITY THAT PUT MEN ON THE MOON HAS A PROBLEM launching the idea that it has an exciting cultural life. Just witness the New York Times's snickering at former Houston first lady Elyse Lanier's claim that she lives in "a diverse, cosmopolitan, international city" or the Dallas establishment's metaphysical bewilderment when Houston ended up in the company of "international cities" New York, Washington, D.C., and San Francisco as a finalist for the American bid to host the 2012 Olympics. Houston can consistently cite its vast expanses of air-conditioned indoor turf and oil-streaked inland waterways, but collectively the city--from River Oaks plutocrats to convention-and-visitors-bureau flacks--has utterly failed to make the case for its sizzling cultural climate.

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