#history

Unity is a great thing and a great slogan. But what the workers’ cause needs is the unity of Marxists, not unity between Marxists, and opponents and distorters of Marxism. ↗

— Vladimir Ilyich Lenin

#democracy #freedom #history #hope #individualism

The most frequently cited artists and curators travel extensively and there is a real difference in saying whether concepts and other contributions to the current contemporary arts agenda bear a recognizable cultural, or even national, identity. ↗

— Charlotte Bydler

#sweden #art

The notion of displacement destabilizes spatial hierarchies of senders and receivers, and turns the issue of historical causality into one or more negotiable genealogy and interpretative communities. ↗

— Charlotte Bydler

#sweden #art

They say God appeared in history and used it for his purposes, but if that was so he had no pity for men. ↗

— Bernard Malamud

#history #mankind #men #pity #men

Today’s youngsters will unfortunately never know the thrills we experienced dubbing movies in the era of Rashomon. ↗

— Teruyo Nogami

#history #movies #rashomon #movies

History develops, art stands still. ↗

— E. M. Forster

#develops #history #stands #still

The very ink with which history is written is merely fluid prejudice. ↗

— Mark Twain

#fluid #ink #merely #prejudice #very

Becoming emancipated at 14, my life wasn't normal. I didn't have to go to school, so I didn't. I was rebellious by nature. I spent my 20s focusing on my company, Flower Films, and producing movies. Now that I'm almost 30, I would like to try other things in lie. I'm crazy about photography, and I want to take an art history class. ↗

— Drew Barrymore

#almost #art #art history #becoming #class

As Indiana's governor, I balanced eight budgets, never raised taxes, and left the largest surplus in state history. It wasn't always easy. Cuts had to be made and some initiatives deferred. Occasionally I had to say 'no.' ↗

— Evan Bayh

#balanced #budgets #cuts #deferred #easy

I'm pretty illiterate when it comes to comics history. ↗

— Alison Bechdel

#comics #history #i #illiterate #pretty