"If History teaches any lesson at all, it is that there are no historical lessons."

-- Lucien Febvre

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“When painting portraits a lot of people say, 'Why not get a photograph of the person?' Photography is wonderful and it is an art form in itself, but... my portrait is a culmination of elements... a truer image of a person than just the 'click' of a snapshot.”
“It is nobler to declare oneself wrong than to insist on being right --especially when one is right.”
“Sometimes I've felt that the industry has typecast me as a certain kind of character. But then I think all it really takes is one role, the right role, to shake that up and change that perception.”
“A mission that comes from the heart to promote these things and to encourage composers to write, then of course they should do it. And there are more than a few pianists these days who do this, fortunately.”
“I do not think anyone can read War and Peace too much. I read it six times...”
“How quickly the apparently solidly laid foundation of one's existence could crumble.”

Source : Patrick Süskind (2015). “The Pigeon”, p.32, Penguin UK
“Goodness is also about interacting with people, brands, companies and organizations who are invested in sustainable and ethical practices. What's the point of using products that are ruining our Earth? It doesn't make sense.”
“To watch an American on a beach or crowding into a subway, or buying a theater ticket, or sitting at home with his radio on, tells you something about one aspect of the American character: the capacity to withstand a great deal of outside interference, so to speak; a willing acceptance of frenzy which though it's never self-conscious, amounts o a willingness to let other people have and assert their own lively, and even offensive, character. They are a tough race in this.”

Source : "Letter from America, 1946-2004".

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