When you look back on a historical period of music, it seems so obvious to you what the characteristics of it are,… — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
I believe that at the beginning of the life of every artist there is some kind of trauma. We have a problem… — Christian Boltanski Copy Share Image
....the popular music of Jamaica, the music of the people, is an essentially experiential music, not merely in the sense that the… — Linton Kwesi Johnson Copy Share Image
It is one of my targets to show people that a lot of things that are part of their landscape - that… — Michel Foucault Copy Share Image
The great thing about dealing with people about whom we have historical resources, is that if the writing needs work, there's everywhere… — Colin Firth Copy Share Image
We must fortify African democracy and peace by launching Radio Democracy for Africa, supporting the transition to democracy now beginning to take… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
“She ran. Deeper, deeper into the mysterious Broceliande forest...” — Jennifer McKeithen Copy Share Image
We [Americans] have a historical trauma when it comes to the past relationships when it comes to Native Americans and the history… — Adam Beach Copy Share Image
It's a historical thing, up to the 19th century the English hated the French. Then in the 20th century the English started… — Eddie Izzard Copy Share Image
“The Postman rings twice, but the Insurance man rings until he collects"-Scott G. Brown” — Scott G. Brown II Copy Share Image
We have come to think of art and work as incompatible, or at least independent categories and have for the first time… — Ananda Coomaraswamy Copy Share Image
Instead of giving it [war] a rest I continued pursuing more research, talking to more people on the subject as if I… — Sasa Stanisic Copy Share Image
Historical grammar is a study of how, say, modern English developed from Middle English, and how that developed from Early and Old… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“If you call a gypsy a vagabond, I think you do him wrong, For he never goes a-travelling but he takes his… — Joyce Kilmer Copy Share Image
As the British Constitution is the most subtle organism which has proceeded from progressive history, so the American Constitution is the most… — William E. Gladstone Copy Share Image
History has its truth, and so has legend. Legendary truth is of another nature than historical truth. Legendary truth is invention whose… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
[Hillary Clinton] sort of very cautious kind of uncomfortable, clumsy interaction with the black lives movement, who are very smart in recognizing… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
In some ways, I believe that we are moving into a post-historical period, for lack of a better term. A time when… — Mark Pesce Copy Share Image
Conflicts are never caused in any simple way by identity, culture or economics. Where resources are scarce, or there are strong historical… — Geoff Mulgan Copy Share Image
I think a lot of my interest in history now isn't so much in places and names and texts and public figures,… — Sufjan Stevens Copy Share Image
Within the existing neoliberal historical conjuncture, there is a merging of violence and governance and the systemic disinvestment in and breakdown of… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image