Some people imagine that by returning to tradition, you will renew it. This is not true, for by returning to tradition, you renew nothing. But by setting out from it and adding to it, you renew its power, because only… — Jabra Ibrahim Jabra Copy Share Image
For tradition to be alive it has to be allowed to be a fountain of power for things undreamt of, things to come. — Jabra Ibrahim Jabra Copy Share Image
They [Arabs] wanted to catch up with the modern world. The West appreciated that, but was more interested in colonies, markets, and spheres of… — Jabra Ibrahim Jabra Copy Share Image
Some people imagine that by returning to tradition, you will renew it. This is not true, for by returning to tradition, you renew nothing.… — Jabra Ibrahim Jabra Copy Share Image
The artist, surgeon, through clay form, can only look for cure with great obstinacy until he discovers, repeatedly, that love is god's only gift… — Jabra Ibrahim Jabra Copy Share Image
Here I stand and make Both myth and reality in my own way And live the violence of my dream and of my reality. — Jabra Ibrahim Jabra Copy Share Image
![“They [Arabs] wanted to catch up with the modern world. The West appreciated that, but was more interested in colonies, markets, and spheres of influence. Such is the way in which historical forces operate: the give and take between nations, as between cultures, is no simple exchange” quote by Jabra Ibrahim Jabra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d3c/jabra-ibrahim-jabra-64018_appreciated_they-arabs-wanted-to-catch-up-with-the-m_259358.jpg)
