I would passionately make the case that the harder the times, the more we need things that aren't just about keeping our job and making a buck - important though those things are. Arts programming isn't some sort of add-on or ornamental luxury. Simon Schama addartbuck share on social
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
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
The Bible, for all its riches, is not a document of social history. Simon Schama bibledocumenthistory Change image and 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
The notion that religion can actually be something... attached to progressivism seems so bizarre. But all you have to say is that Abolition wouldn't have happened without it. The way in which African Americans managed to achieve a degree of self-determination was through the church. Simon Schama abolitionachieveafrican 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
