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“History must always be taken with a grain of salt. It is, after all, not a science but an art.”

Art History Taken Salt Grain Art History Grain Of Salt

Book:Birds, beasts, and relatives

Source: Birds, beasts, and relatives

“Quite apart from any conscious program, the great cultural historians have always been historical morphologists: seekers after theforms of life, thought, custom, knowledge, art.”

Art History Conscious Program Historical Customs Historian Seekers Thoughts On Life Art History

Author:Johan Huizinga

“My telephone calls and meetings and decisions were now parts of a prescribed ritual aimed at making peace with the past; his calls, his meetings and his decisions were already the ones that would shape America's future." (On transfer of power to Gerald R Ford)”

Art America Past Reading Peace Decision History Power Shapes Meetings Ritual Telephones Monarchy Transfers Making Peace Art History

Author:Richard M. Nixon

“A Grecian history, perfectly written should be a complete record of the rise and progress of poetry, philosophy, and the arts.”

Should Art Philosophy History Records Progress Written Art History

Author:Thomas B. Macaulay

“This is an hour of history that troubles our minds and hurts our hearts.”

Mind Heart Hours Hurt History Trouble Art History

Author:Gerald R. Ford

“History is the only science enjoying the ambiguous fortune of being required to be at the same time an art.”

Art Enjoy History Fortune Ambiguous Art History

Book:Outline of the Principles of History

Source: Outline of the Principles of History

“When we build, let us think that we build forever. Let it not be for present delight nor for our use alone. Let it be such work as our descendants will look upon with praise and thanksgiving in their hearts.”

Thinking Looks Heart Use History Forever Praise Delight Look Up Descendants Art History Praise And Thanksgiving

Author:John Ruskin