Logo
Quote by Tony Kushner
The general consensus among historians, among the ones who can han

The general consensus among historians, among the ones who can handle the fact that Lincoln is, in fact, historical fiction, is that we demonstrate enormous fidelity to history and that, beyond that, weve actually contributed a line of thinking about Lincolns presidency thats somewhat original. – Tony Kushner

Other quotes by Tony Kushner

You dont go to the movies to do historical research, unless its historical research about the movies. – Tony Kushner

Category:
movies
Author
Tony Kushner
Read Quote

In a way, film and television are in the same sort of traumatic trance that print journalism is. The technology has outpaced our comprehension of its implications. – Tony Kushner

Category:
Technology
Author
Tony Kushner
Read Quote

People shouldnt trust artists and they shouldnt trust art. Part of the fun of art is that it invites you to interpret it. – Tony Kushner

Category:
Trust
Author
Tony Kushner
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
History
category

We are never completely contemporaneous with our present. History advances in disguise; it appears on stage wearing a mask of the preceding scene, and we tend to lose the meaning of the play. РR̩gis Debray, Revolution in the Revolution?

Category:
History

No man is truly great who is great only in his own lifetime. The test of greatness is the page of history. – William Hazlitt, Table Talk, 1822

Category:
History

Im not one of those who wants to purge our society of our Christian history. – Richard Dawkins

Category:
History

The view of Jerusalem is the history of the world it is more, it is the history of earth and of heaven. – Benjamin Disraeli

Category:
History

Random Quotes

I absolutely dont care about my looks and Im so used to them that I wouldnt change a thing. I would end up missing my defects. – Colin Firth

Category:
Change

Climate change is a global issue – from the point of view of the Earths climate, a molecule of CO2 emitted in Bejing is the same as a molecule emitted in Sydney. – Jeff Goodell

Category:
Change

I dont know that there is much the United States can do except work with the international community. – Colin Powell

Category:
work

The way Hollywood portrays mothers – youre either all good and saint-like, or youre all bad. And I think the real honesty of motherhood is not given a voice in movies. I miss that as an audience member. – Ellen Barkin

Category:
movies