“Given the events of even the 19th century, Zionism was inevitable. Given the events of the 20th century, Israel was inevitable.” GivenCenturyEventsIsraelInevitable20th Century19th CenturyZionism Author:Mike Leigh
“Neocons do not feel that kind of alarm or anxiety about the growth of the state in the past century, seeing it as natural, indeed inevitable ... People have always preferred strong government to weak government, although they certainly have no liking for anything that smacks of overly intrusive government.” PeopleFeelsKindStatesGovernmentPastStrongGrowthNaturalSeeingCenturyAnxietyWeakInevitableAlarmsSmackStrong GovernmentWeak Government Author:Irving Kristol
“Remember, how often the great art of the past didn't look great at first, how often it didn't look like art at all; how much easier it is, decades or centuries later, to adore it, not only because it is, in fact, great but because it's still here; because the inevitable little errors and infelicities tend to recede in an object that's survived the War of 1812, the eruption of Krakatoa, the rise and fall of Nazism.” FirstsLooksLittlesArtStillsWarFactsPastRememberFallCenturyObjectsEasierErrorsDecadesInevitableSurvivedAdoreGreat ArtNazismRise And FallEruptionWar Of 1812 Author:Michael Cunningham
“The element of heroic maleness had always been present in the concept of the artist as one who rides the winged horse above the clouds beyond the sight of lesser men, a concept seldom applied to those who worked with colours until the nineteenth century. When the inevitable question is asked, "Why are there no great women artists?" it is this dimension of art that is implied. The askers know little of art, but they know the seven wonders of the painting world.” KnowsMenWorldLittlesArtArtistWonderCenturyPaintingElementsConceptsSightHorseSevenCloudsInevitableColourDimensionsHeroicNineteenth CenturyGreat WomenImpliedWoman ArtistMalenessAbove The Clouds Book:The Obstacle Race: The Fortunes of Women Painters and Their Work Source: The Obstacle Race: The Fortunes of Women Painters and Their Work
“Taking photographs is generally an act of 'looking at the object, whereas 'being seen' or 'showing' is what is most interest to one who does a self-portrait...self-portraits deny not only photography itself but the 20th century as an era as well...an inevitable phenomenon at the end of the 20th century.” WellsDoeEndsSelfInterestCenturyObjectsPhotographyPhotographDenyErasInevitablePhenomenonPortraits20th CenturySelf PortraitSelf Portrait Photography Author:Yasumasa Morimura
“Realizing the ways in which we humans may have been inadvertently changing our genes for millennia provides a way for us to begin to think about the inevitable genetic revolution in medicine that is going to allow us to advertently change our genes over centuries and even decades.” ThinkingWayHumansMayHas BeensRealizingCenturyRevolutionMedicineDecadesInevitableGenes Author:Nicholas A. Christakis
“It is not seen as insane when a fighter, under an attack that will inevitable lead to his death, chooses to take his own life first. In fact, this act has been encouraged for centuries, and is accepted even now as an honorable reason to do the deed. How is it any different when you are under attack by your own mind?” MindFirstsHas BeensDifferentReasonFactsCenturyHonorDepressionSuicideDeedsAcceptedInsaneFighterInevitableHonorableInevitable Death Author:Emilie Autumn
“I don't quite see the 20th century as one of chaos. But I believe in certain inevitable outcomes of a materialist nature.” BelieveCertainI BelieveCenturyChaosI Believe InInevitableOutcomes20th Century Author:Rachel Kushner