Famous quotes containing the words history and/or origins:
“The one duty we owe to history is to rewrite it.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)
“The origins of clothing are not practical. They are mystical and erotic. The primitive man in the wolf-pelt was not keeping dry; he was saying: “Look what I killed. Aren’t I the best?””
—Katharine Hamnett (b. 1948)