Louis Mandylor famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

  • Like most of those who study history, he (Napoleon III) learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones.

  • The present enables us to understand the past, not the other way round.

  • I can't tell you where a poem comes from, what it is, or what it is for: nor can any other man. The reason I can't tell you is that the purpose of a poem is to go past telling, to be recognised by burning.

  • The past actually happened. History is what someone took the time to write down.

  • The experience you’ve had may be unwanted, may amount to nothing but damage and waste, but experience has substance, is factual, authoritative, lives on in your past and affects your present, whatever you attempt to do about it.

  • How aware were photographers in the past of other visual arts? "No photographer of any distinction at all could approach his work without some awareness of what was going on in other visual media, and for that matter neither the painter nor the draughtsman could ignore photography."

  • You must learn from your past mistakes, but not lean on your past successes.

  • STOP looking back!!!! When your past calls do NOT pick up!! it has nothing new to say.

  • Catch up with your past, before it catches up with you.

  • Owning our past allows us to own our future.