“Skepticism is an important historical tool. It is the starting point of all revision of hitherto accepted history.” ImportantToolsHistoricalStartingAcceptedSkepticismStarting PointRevision Book:By Land and by Sea: Essays and Addresses Source: By Land and by Sea: Essays and Addresses
“All the important human advances that we know of since historical times began have been due to individuals of whom the majority faced virulent public opposition.” KnowsHumansHas BeensImportantIndividualProgressMajorityHistoricalDuesOpposition Author:Bertrand Russell
“No matter how brilliant, amusing or intelligent the creek of abstraction, Dadaism, Minimalism and Conceptualism of the 20th century was, it didn't much affect the historical river of figuration. I predict that in 50 years and in 300 years, figurative art will still be strong and important.” YearsArtStillsImportantMatterStrongCenturyRiversIntelligentHistoricalBrilliant20th CenturyAbstractionAmusingModernismMinimalismCreeksFigurative Art Author:Mark Kostabi
“No Zionist can forgo the smallest portion of the Land Of Israel. [A] Jewishstate in part [of Palestine] is not an end, but a beginning ..... Our possessionis important not only for itself ... through this we increase our power,and every increase in power facilitates getting hold of the country in itsentirety. Establishing a [small] state .... will serve as a very potent lever inour historical effort to redeem the whole country.” ImportantEndsCountryStatesWholeEffortLandIncreaseHistoricalIsraelPortionsSmallestPalestineZionistFacilitateLevers Author:David
“The visual possibility of seeing the historical person (as opposed to the eternal Qur'anic man) on screen is arguably the single most important event allowing Iranians access to modernity.” MenPersonsImportantSeeingEventsPossibilityEternalHistoricalScreensAccessVisualsAllowingModernityImportant Events Book:Close Up: Iranian Cinema, Past, Present, and Future Source: Close Up: Iranian Cinema, Past, Present, and Future