I avoid looking in the mirror. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes avoid mirror
The vocabulary of pleasure depends on the imagery of pain. Marina Warner dependimagerypain Change image and share on social
I was brought up a Catholic and I was quite fervent, because I was sent to a convent school. Marina Warner bringcatholicconvent Change image and share on social
If you want to learn about a culture, you look at what buildings the people lived in but you also want to know about their cosmos. Marina Warner buildingcosmosculture Change image and share on social
An independent state does not pay too dear a price for its independence in accepting the sufferings of war when it cannot avoid them; a state which has lost its independence may find at least some compensation in the fact that its protector procures for it peace with its neighbours. Theodor Mommsen acceptavoidcompensation share on social
Admittedly, it is really our duty, as artists, to hold up a mirror to our own era; but, on the other hand, these works have lives of their own, and they're still alive today. Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau admittedlyaliveartist Change image and share on social
