„I was born ostentatious. They will list my name in the dictionary someday. They will use imeldific to mean ostentatious extravagance.“ Interview mit Associated Press 1998, zitiert nach http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/imelda/words.html
Carol Duncan: Art museums and the ritual of citizenship in: Ivan Karp, Stephen D. Lavine (Hrsg.): Exhibiting Cultures: The Poetics and Politics of Museum Display. Washington, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1991, S. 88–103.