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title: "2 Robert Edsel Quotes - Famous Art historian"
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# Robert Edsel

(1956)   Art Historian

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Robert Edsel is an art historian.

## Quick Facts About Robert Edsel

Born December 28, 1956

Profession Art Historian

## About Robert Edsel

American art historian... \| Robert Morse Edsel is an American businessman and author. He has written five non-fiction books: Rescuing Da Vinci (2006); The Monuments Men (2007); Saving Italy (2013); The Greatest Treasure Hunt in History (2019); and Remember Us (2025). A film based on his book, The Monuments Men, directed by and

##  Quotes by Robert Edsel

> [“There's one good thing about being in the bomb disposal unit: No superior officer is ever looking over your shoulder.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-edsel/there-s-one-good-thing-about-being-in-the-bomb-disposal-unit-no/)

[Robert Edsel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-edsel/)

[Good thing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/good-thing/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46b/robert-edsel-106499_good-thing_there-s-one-good-thing-about-being-in-th_681975.jpg)

> [“I think we got some work done, back at the start, because nobody knew us, nobody bothered us - and we had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-edsel/i-think-we-got-some-work-done-back-at-the-start-because-nobody-knew/)

[Robert Edsel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-edsel/)

[Humor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/humor/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03b/robert-edsel-106499_humor_i-think-we-got-some-work-done-back-at-th_839410.jpg)

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