History From Historians Quotes
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Why should a novelist not also be a historian? To force unnatural divisions within the English language is to work against its capacious and accommodating nature. To expect a writer to produce only novels, or only histories, is equivalent to demanding from a composer that he or she write only string quartets or piano sonatas (History From Historians Quotes)
History viewed from the inside is always a dark, digestive mess, far different from the easily recognizable cow viewed from afar by historians (History From Historians Quotes)
I learned more from my mother than from all the art historians and curators who have informed me about technical aspects of art history and art appreciation over the years (History From Historians Quotes)