“The historian is a prophet looking backward.” — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Quote

“The historian is a prophet looking backward.”

“What is lost in the good or excellent translation is precisely the best.”

“It is peculiar to mankind to transcend mankind.”

“I don't subscribe to the narrative that Africa is backward because of colonialism.”

“I've heard that kind of weird backward compliment often - 'She's so talented, but not pretty.'”

“I had an experience that was kind of backward. Instead of thinking that photography was a step down, it brought me a step up, to transpose and modify things.”