What interests me, and has always interested me, has been modernism. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes interest modernism
And my interest in history was, and remains, very strong: what I wanted was to understand certain things better by understanding them psychoanalytically. Peter Gay historyinterestpsychoanalytically Change image and share on social
My assumption is that fundamentally the picture of the human animal, as developed by Freud, is largely right. Peter Gay animalassumptiondevelop Change image and share on social
To have a liberal temperament is a kind of psychological boon, To be able to understand that someone you disagree with is not just a terrible creature but somebody with whom you disagree. Peter Gay booncreaturedisagree Change image and share on social
I am so tired of ruggedly handsome heroes. I don't know too many ruggedly handsome people who are necessarily nice people. In fact, the beautiful people have a big handicap because they rely too much on their appearance and don't bother to become interesting. Barbara Mertz appearancebeautifulbig share on social
From the outset, MoMA followed the Bauhaus's strict prohibition against design that even hinted at the decorative, a prejudice that skewed the pioneering museum's view of Modernism for decades. Martin Filler bauhaudecadedecorative Change image and share on social
