Famous quotes containing the words indian, mathematics, classical and/or period:
“When an Indian is burned, his body may be broiled, it may be no more than a beefsteak. What of that? They may broil his heart, but they do not therefore broil his courage,his principles. Be of good courage! That is the main thing.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)
“... though mathematics may teach a man how to build a bridge, it is what the Scotch Universities call the humanities, that teach him to be civil and sweet-tempered.”
—Amelia E. Barr (18311919)
“Classical art, in a word, stands for form; romantic art for content. The romantic artist expects people to ask, What has he got to say? The classical artist expects them to ask, How does he say it?”
—R.G. (Robin George)
“Intellectual life is international. Only a period of discouragement, an age that has given up on itself, that wants to preserve, that has been driven onto the defensive, can be intellectually nationalist. Such a period is essentially conservative. A person who has progress in his heart is international.”
—Robert Musil (18801942)