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Robert Hewison, born on June 2, 1943, is a British writer whose works span across various fields, including art criticism, literary criticism, and historical research.

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“Many businessmen fail to understand Python principles--the ultimate absurdity was an offer from America to buy the 'format' of the Python shows, that is, Monty Python without the Pythons--corporate methods do not have the conceptual framework to deal with an anarchist collective, run by intelligent and arrogant comedians who have proved that their method works.”

“If the only new thing we have to offer is an improved version of the past, then today can only be inferior to yesterday. Hypnotized by images of the past, we risk losing all capacity for creative change.”

Ifs Today Past Creative Risk Offers Losing Capacity Yesterday Versions New Things Inferiors

Book:The heritage industry: Britain in a climate of decline

Source: The heritage industry: Britain in a climate of decline

“Post-modernism is modernism with the optimism taken out.”

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Book:The heritage industry: Britain in a climate of decline

Source: The heritage industry: Britain in a climate of decline

“Individually, museums are fine institutions, dedicated to the high values of preservation, education and truth; collectively, their growth in numbers points to the imaginative death of this country.”

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Book:The heritage industry: Britain in a climate of decline

Source: The heritage industry: Britain in a climate of decline

“[John] Ruskin believed that everyone had visual as well as verbal capacities that needed to be developed in order to become a complete human being, and that the apprehension of truth depended on the power of observation.”

Humans Wells Order Human Beings Needed Capacity Observation Visuals Apprehension

Author:Robert Hewison

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Born: June 2, 1943
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