I am strongly of the opinion that chronology is very important. The great arc of time is what children are wired for. Simon Schama arcchildchronology Change image and share on social
America is truly special because it's founded on an idea. It's the ideological and philosophical equivalent of a formless God, in other words, you know? It's, again, the only great country in the world that it is formed out of words. Simon Schama americacountryequivalent share on social
The novelist's obligation to remake the sensuous texture of a vanished world is also the historian's. The strongest fiction writers often do deep research to make the thought and utterances of lost time credible. Simon Schama credibledeepfiction share on social
I wrote a staggeringly bad poem when I was 19 after a girlfriend dumped me. I seem to remember comparing her to a tarantula. It was all very E. J. Thribb of me. Simon Schama badcomparedump Change image and share on social
In the Einstein way, I can't believe in a universe that doesn't have some sort of prime mover, identical with all of created nature. I have a whole lot of a harder time with supposing the fine print of the Torah was a direct revelation. Simon Schama createdirecteinstein share on social
The default mode of modern writing about art is to despise any notion of singularity as so much overheated genius-fetishism. Simon Schama artdefaultdespise Change image and share on social
By the end of the nineteenth century, the stereotype of the ugly American - voracious, preachy, mercenary, and bombastically chauvinist - was firmly in place in Europe. Simon Schama americanbombasticallycentury Change image and share on social
History is admirably dangerous. It is not the soft option. Teachers need to be grown up and brave. Sensitivity is fine, but it stops at the door of honest narrative. Simon Schama admirablybravedangerous Change image and share on social
I am somebody who has never been able to give up '60s habits. I am the inevitable old codger on the dance floor. Simon Schama 60scodgerdance Change image and share on social
Passover takes place in the home rather than the synagogue and centers around an epic meal - the seder - so you remember Passover as storytelling, you remember it in food, and you remember it in the family. Simon Schama centerepicfamily share on social
