“For mankind as a whole, a possession infinitely more valuable than individual life is our genetic heritage, our link with past and future... Yet genetic deterioration through man-made agents is the menace of our time.” MenMadeWholePastLife IsIndividualEnvironmentMankindPossessionValuableAgentsOur TimeLinksHeritageMenaceIndividual LifeDeterioration Book:Silent Spring Source: Silent Spring
“There are many people who could claim and learn from their Indian ancestry, but because of the fear their parents and grandparents knew, because of past and present prejudice against Indian people, that part of their heritage is clouded or denied.” PeoplePastParentClaimsPrejudiceIndianHeritageDeniedGrandparentAncestryPast And PresentParents And GrandparentsClouded Author:Joseph Bruchac
“The emphasis on original, individual work in the past years has done a great deal to produce a crop of eccentric fakes and has carried art away from the stream of tradition. Tradition is our heritage of knowledge and experience. We can't get along without it.” YearsArtDonePastIndividualDealsProduceTraditionOriginalsFakeStreamsHeritageEmphasisCropsEccentricKnowledge And ExperienceIndividual Work Author:John French Sloan
“The Mexican revolution was a break with the past to recover the past. We were trying to deny we had an Indian and a black and a Spanish past. The Mexican Revolution accepted all heritages. It allowed Mexico to be mestizo.” TryingPastBlackBreakRevolutionDenyAcceptedIndianHeritageMexicoMexicanOver The PastMexican Revolution Author:Carlos Fuentes
“The virtue of Yankee upbringing spiritually speaking is of more downright value to me than any past heritages.” PastValuesVirtueHeritageYankeesUpbringing Author:Marsden Hartley
“Considering the great heritage in music that we have - the work of the giants of the past, the present, and the promise of those who are to come - I feel that we have every reason to face the future optimistically.” FeelsReasonPastFacesPromiseGiantsHeritageConsidering Author:John Coltrane