Michael Z. Wise, "The Man Who Pushed Picasso,"The New York Observer, 26 Novembris 2000: "Not only did Austin promote artists like Picasso, Balthus, Mondrian and Dalí when they were virtually unknown in the United States, but he also amassed an important collection of masterworks (especially Baroque painting, Dutch still lifes and Poussin) on view at the Atheneum to this day. Alfredus Barr, the founding director of the Museum of Modern Art, told Austin: 'You did things sooner and more brilliantly than any one.'"}
John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, The Ringling Circus Museum Collections: An Overview: "A. Everett Austin, the first Director of the Ringling Museum and a member of the International Brotherhood of Magicians, envisioned the idea of a Museum celebrating the American Circus."
Wadsworth Atheneum, The Austin House (Hartfordiae: Wadsworth Atheneum): "The Austin House is a National Historic Landmark and the former home of A. Everett "Chick" Austin, Jr., the museum's innovative director from 1927 to 1944. In the 1930s it was a gathering place for leaders of the international art world, including Salvador Dalí, Alexander Calder, Gertrude Stein, George Balanchine, Le Corbusier, Cecil Beaton, Martha Graham, Agnes de Mille, Aaron Copland, and Virgil Thomson."
