Johan Huizinga (Groningen, December 7, 1872 – De Steeg, February 1, 1945), was a Dutch historian and one of the founders of modern cultural history.
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“In Europe art has to a large degree taken the place of religion. In America it seems rather to be science.”
—Johan Huizinga (1872–1945)
“We know it only too well: if we are to preserve culture we must continue to create it.”
—Johan Huizinga (1872–1945)
“It is impossible to strive for the heroic life. The title of hero is bestowed by the survivors upon the fallen, who themselves know nothing of heroism.”
—Johan Huizinga (1872–1945)
“There are no instances known to me of cultures having forsaken Truth or renounced the understanding in its widest sense.”
—Johan Huizinga (1872–1945)
“What the study of history and artistic creation have in common is a mode of forming images.”
—Johan Huizinga (1872–1945)