Eye Quote by Henri Pirenne

If you cut me open, you would find bits of me looking at things with an aesthetic eye, also with a historical eye. But…

— David Linley

I love history... everything is inspired by history, so that's why I love vintage and antiques.

— Kelly Wearstler

The enjoyments of elegant life you early chose to abandon, preferring to wander for many successive years over the rudest portions of Europe and…

— John Jeremiah Bigsby

I love history, doesn't matter what era, I'm fascinated.

— Tom Petty

I shall always be grateful for this curious love of history, allowing me to spend a lifetime looking back into the past, allowing me…

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

I'm fascinated by delving into the historical context of what life was like in the past.

— Sophie Rundle

We are living at an extraordinary time in human history. And for many of us things are great. Things are great for me.

— Marianne Williamson

I love people, I love studying people more than history. So whatever situation I see, then I look at, what were the people like,…

— Colin Quinn

I grew up loving history.

— Steve Harris

“The study of history is an antidote to the hubris of the present – the idea that everything we have, everything we do and…

— David McCullough

One thing I like about historical fiction is that I'm not constantly focusing on me, or people like me; you're obliged to concentrate on…

— Emma Donoghue

A historian is interested in the past because he is interested in life... a deeply felt need to assure the continuity of human life…

— Ralph Davis