Art history Quote by Cecilia Widenheim Download Open image ““Is there a Swedish Modernism?”” — Cecilia Widenheim ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.7 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Art history Modernism Sweden
“I am connected with the people who go abroad, to Sweden, there where people have an attitude.” — Petra Hermans Copy Share Image
“This is what Sweden is - quiet people leaning over the newspapers and coffee cups, each one with his own thoughts and destiny.” — Henning Mankell Copy Share Image
“I consider myself a Nordic author. But I do not know exactly what that is. I think it has something to do with time,… — Lars Saabye Christensen Copy Share Image
“Sometimes 'Stockholm' can actually be a compliment: a dream of somewhere bigger, where we can become someone else. Something that we long for but… — Fredrik Backman Copy Share Image
I think one thing with Sweden is that in some way the Swedish society is a very good society, almost perfect on the surface.… — Alexander Ahndoril Copy Share Image
“Isn't post-modernism really one big cover-up for the failure of the French to write a truly interesting novel ever since a sports car ate… — John Leonard Copy Share Image
“The real objection to modernism is simply that it is a form of snobbishness.” — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“One of the many innovations of modernism was the new demands it placed on the audience. Music, painting, literature, even architecture, would never again… — Peter Watson Copy Share Image
“The problem with modernism is that we actually believe, naively and arrogantly, that we can in some way hold any concept and grasp it… — Tobin Wilson Copy Share Image
“[Stieg] was describing Sweden the way it was and the way he saw the country: the scandals, the oppression of women, the friends he… — Eva Gabrielsson Copy Share Image
The term 'Pre-Raphaelite' is in danger of becoming one of the most misused tags in art history — Christopher Wood Copy Share Image
Studying art history is actually one of the few ways of getting a good job in the arts sector. It's hard to be a… — Munira Mirza Copy Share Image
Because I'm an art historian, I have some experience of writing that comes out of close attention. That's what really art history is. You're… — Teju Cole Copy Share Image
Listening to the radio every day for an entire year was a prison sentence. It was the most depressing, annoying, debilitating project I have… — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
Narrative, fiction filmmaking is the culmination of several art forms: theater, art history, architecture. Whereas doc filmmaking is more pure cinema, like cinema verité… — George Hickenlooper Copy Share Image
“The object [Duchamp's Fountain] was rejected , giving Duchamp the opportunity of issuing a statement, which he published in a review, The Blind Man.… — Neville Weston Copy Share Image
I majored in art history. But I took theater classes, and every semester I was in college productions. — Lucy DeVito Copy Share Image
I believe in originality, primarily. However, it's important to know what there has been before to aim in that direction. Art history informs us.… — Philip Treacy Copy Share Image
This is an hour of history that troubles our minds and hurts our hearts. — Gerald R. Ford Copy Share Image
I was at one point thinking about being an art historian, when I was in school. And not being an artist, but I decided… — Robert Barry Copy Share Image
Well, intellectual importance is directly linked to financial value in the art world. I mean, thats the thing you really want - museum quality.… — Grayson Perry Copy Share Image
My art history papers were really politics. They were about the manifestation of culture through the eye of political events. So there was always… — Roselee Goldberg Copy Share Image
