Ancient Quote by Mario Botta

It is better to imitate ancient than modern work.

— Leonardo da Vinci

I have always been interested in materials and in transforming them.

— Helmut Lang

Many works of the ancients have become fragments. Many works of the moderns are fragments at the time of their origin.

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

Most of the work I make uses materials that are a bit outside of the traditional fine art world.

— Patricia Piccinini

I want to make things of quality. I'm a big believer in handmade, tactile, crafted pieces. I want to keep that tradition alive.

— Zac Posen

I am making an Enlightenment Capsule for the audience to meditate inside - virtual reality in which people can experience ancient ideas from the…

— Mariko Mori

Antiquity! I like its ruins better than its reconstructions.

— Joseph Joubert

These places, and the ancient things you know, You won't know soon. I'm working on it now.'

— Andrew Motion

I have a huge interest in ancient Egyptian times and the mummies and the kings and all that.

— Brad Marchand

Some are so very studious of learning what was done by the ancients that they know not how to live with the moderns.

— William Penn

People just need to go back to the ancient crafts. We should teach people to do whittling at school, or knitting.

— Phoebe Fox

I would really love to go on an archaeological dig.

— Megan Fox