“Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition.”
Teacher in America (1945)
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“Nothing that has ever happened should be regarded as lost for history.”
Walter Benjamin book Theses on the Philosophy of History
Source: Theses on the Philosophy of History (1940), III
Context: Nothing that has ever happened should be regarded as lost for history. To be sure, only a redeemed mankind receives the fullness of its past — which is to say, only a redeemed mankind has its past become citable in all its moments. Each moment it has lived becomes a citation à l'ordre du jour — and that day is Judgement Day.
“I believe that treating other people well is a lost art.”
Tim Gunn (1953) American actor and fashion consultant
Source: Gunn's Golden Rules: Life's Little Lessons for Making It Work
“The truth comes as conqueror only because we have lost the art of receiving it as guest.”
Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941) Bengali polymath
The Fourfold Way of India (1924); this has become paraphrased as "Truth comes as conqueror only to those who have lost the art of receiving it as friend."
“Too nicely Jonson knew the critic's part;
Nature in him was almost lost in Art.”
William Collins (1721–1759) English poet, born 1721
To Sir Thomas Hammer on his Edition of Shakespeare.
Gerhard Richter (1932) German visual artist, born 1932
undated quotes, The Daily Practice of Painting, Writings (1962-1993)
Patch Adams (1945) Physician, activist, diplomat, author
Source: House Calls: How we can all heal the world one visit at a time (1998), p. xi
