--- title: "4 Edith Durham Quotes - Famous Anthropologist" description: "British artist (1863-1944)... | Mary Edith Durham was a British artist, anthropologist and writer who is best known for her anthropological accounts of ..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e62/edith-durham-68356_albanian_the-fellows-who-amuze-me-are-the-albania_419313.jpg" --- # Edith Durham (1863–1944) Anthropologist **4** quotes in **51** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Edith Durham was an anthropologist. ## Quick Facts About Edith Durham Born December 8, 1863 Died November 15, 1944 Profession Anthropologist ## About Edith Durham British artist (1863-1944)... \| Mary Edith Durham was a British artist, anthropologist and writer who is best known for her anthropological accounts of life in Albania in the early 20th century. Her advocacy on behalf of the Albanian cause and her Albanophilia gained her the devotion of many Albanians who consider her a national h ## Quotes by Edith Durham > [The fellows who amuze me are the Albanians. An Albanian on the mash is almost exactly like the medieval swells of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-durham/the-fellows-who-amuze-me-are-the-albanians-an-albanian-on-the-mash-is/) [Edith Durham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edith-durham/) [Albanian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/albanian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e62/edith-durham-68356_albanian_the-fellows-who-amuze-me-are-the-albania_419313.jpg) > [They are strewn with the wreckage of dead Empires - past Powers - only the Albanian "goes on for ever."](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-durham/they-are-strewn-with-the-wreckage-of-dead-empires-past-powers-only/) [Edith Durham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edith-durham/) [Albania](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/albania/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5cf/edith-durham-68356_albania_they-are-strewn-with-the-wreckage-of-dea_2940805.jpg) > [I shall speak only of the part I have stayed in- the districts of Lakes Ochrida and Presba. Here there are Greeks,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-durham/i-shall-speak-only-of-the-part-i-have-stayed-in-the-districts-of/) [Edith Durham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edith-durham/) [Albanians](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/albanians/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bd/edith-durham-68356_albanians_i-shall-speak-only-of-the-part-i-have-st_2989607.jpg) > [There is a peculiar pleasure in riding out into the unknown. A pleasure which no second journey on the same trail ever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-durham/there-is-a-peculiar-pleasure-in-riding-out-into-the-unknown-a/) [Edith Durham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edith-durham/) [Journey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/journey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e6/edith-durham-68356_journey_there-is-a-peculiar-pleasure-in-riding-o_3072608.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edith-durham/#itemlist", "name": "Edith Durham Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The fellows who amuze me are the Albanians. An Albanian on the mash is almost exactly like the medieval swells of the Italian frescoes & the first ones we met quite startled us. They wear the tight-fitting trunk hose made of woolen stuff hooked up the back of the leg. 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