According to Thomas F. Reese, "Conservators...must enter into the critical spirit of the works themselves if they are to save and transmit not merely decontextualized fragments but their essence to the future."
Po Thomas F. Reeseu, "Konzervatori restauratori... moraju spoznati kritički duh samih djela, ako nam ne žele prenijeti ne tek dekontekstualizirane fragmente, već njihovu suštinu sačuvati za budućnost.".