"That great dust-heap called 'history'."

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Source : Obiter Dicta "Carlyle" (1884) See Trotsky 2

Augustine Birrell

#Dust Quotes #History Quotes

“A TWO-DIMENSIONAL SURFACE WITHOUT ANY ARTICULATION IS A DEAD EXPERIENCE”

Source : Mark Lawrence Rosenthal, Marla Prather, Ian Alteveer, Rebecca Lowery, Polly Apfelbaum (2012). “Regarding Warhol: Sixty Artists, Fifty Years”, p.119, Metropolitan Museum of Art
“My system uses no apparatus. The resistance of your own body is the best and safest apparatus.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I desire not to desire, for my will is without value, since I am ignorant in any case. Therefore choose Thou for me what thou knowest to be best and do not put my perdition in what my autonomy and free choice prefer.”
“There's this quote that says "friendship isn't how long you've known someone, but who walked into your life, said 'I'm here for you' and proved it."”

Source : Source: www.teenvogue.com
“At my age, you not only have bittersweet memories, you make bittersweet plans.”
“Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?”
“The Getty family has been fully supportive throughout this situation, and for that, I am very grateful.”

Source : "Getty's double life stuns Californian high society" by Julian Borger, www.theguardian.com. August 22, 1999.
“I realized that the only possible response was to go to my wonderful local cafÃ©, Maison Bertaux, check everyone was well, eat a little cake and then make art. To me, making art, and in particular public art, is always an assertion of our humanity and our strength.”

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