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> [I'm interested in history because it's a discipline that requires a lot of effort from the imagination. You need to put in a lot of imaginative effort to figure out how people lived in an era that is not yours.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarnath-banerjee/i-m-interested-in-history-because-it-s-a-discipline-that-requires-a/)

[Sarnath Banerjee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarnath-banerjee/)

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## More by Sarnath Banerjee

> [Everything you draw is influenced. It's like yogurt. You need a little bit to start the next batch.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarnath-banerjee/everything-you-draw-is-influenced-it-s-like-yogurt-you-need-a-little/)

[Sarnath Banerjee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarnath-banerjee/)

> [The only way one can display learning is by playing with it. Because the truth is that there's something embarrassing about displaying heavy knowledge.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarnath-banerjee/the-only-way-one-can-display-learning-is-by-playing-with-it-because/)

[Sarnath Banerjee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarnath-banerjee/)

> [I'm not interested in, and not capable of, direct politics. What I can do - I try to figure out the underlying principles. I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarnath-banerjee/i-m-not-interested-in-and-not-capable-of-direct-politics-what-i-can/)

[Sarnath Banerjee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarnath-banerjee/)

> [People are infinitely more interesting than characters that I come up with. Because the characters I come up with are basically combinations of people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarnath-banerjee/people-are-infinitely-more-interesting-than-characters-that-i-come-up/)

[Sarnath Banerjee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarnath-banerjee/)

> [As a non-western artist, you have to ask yourself a question fairly early in your life: do I want to become a bridge maker,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarnath-banerjee/as-a-non-western-artist-you-have-to-ask-yourself-a-question-fairly/)

[Sarnath Banerjee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarnath-banerjee/)

> [The most important part of a city is its people. In fact, people for me are like little cities. When you meet someone, it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarnath-banerjee/the-most-important-part-of-a-city-is-its-people-in-fact-people-for-me/)

[Sarnath Banerjee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarnath-banerjee/)

> [Only a very specific kind of writer keeps their reader in mind while working. Such writers don't want to irk their readers; they don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarnath-banerjee/only-a-very-specific-kind-of-writer-keeps-their-reader-in-mind-while/)

[Sarnath Banerjee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarnath-banerjee/)

> [There are different reasons why people write: for themselves, or for other writers, or to get prizes, or keeping an audience in mind. In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarnath-banerjee/there-are-different-reasons-why-people-write-for-themselves-or-for/)

[Sarnath Banerjee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarnath-banerjee/)

> [My books serve as archives of thoughts and emotions, like a tonal history that captures how I felt at a certain time of my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarnath-banerjee/my-books-serve-as-archives-of-thoughts-and-emotions-like-a-tonal/)

[Sarnath Banerjee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarnath-banerjee/)

> [I feel history is more of a story than a lesson. I know this idea of presentism: this idea of constantly evoking the past…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarnath-banerjee/i-feel-history-is-more-of-a-story-than-a-lesson-i-know-this-idea-of/)

[Sarnath Banerjee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarnath-banerjee/)

> [People are interested in relevant stories. In big events. But I'm not interested in big things; I'm interested in the smaller details of life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarnath-banerjee/people-are-interested-in-relevant-stories-in-big-events-but-i-m-not/)

[Sarnath Banerjee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarnath-banerjee/)

> [I'm interested in history because it's a discipline that requires a lot of effort from the imagination. You need to put in a lot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarnath-banerjee/i-m-interested-in-history-because-it-s-a-discipline-that-requires-a/)

[Sarnath Banerjee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarnath-banerjee/)

> [I want to make sense of things, to understand the world, but my work is never really instructional. I have no wisdom to impart…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarnath-banerjee/i-want-to-make-sense-of-things-to-understand-the-world-but-my-work-is/)

[Sarnath Banerjee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarnath-banerjee/)

> [I find it very difficult to relate to India's new middle class. This very patriotic and neoliberal group that mixes religion and economics together.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarnath-banerjee/i-find-it-very-difficult-to-relate-to-india-s-new-middle-class-this/)

[Sarnath Banerjee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarnath-banerjee/)

> [I think it's really good not to get published. It sounds crazy but it's true. People want to get published very soon, but the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarnath-banerjee/i-think-it-s-really-good-not-to-get-published-it-sounds-crazy-but-it/)

[Sarnath Banerjee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarnath-banerjee/)

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