Peter Landesman Quotes

Art is to me the glorification of the human spirit, and as such it is the cultural documentation of the time in which it is produced.

If there was a day that history was not recorded, then the history of one hundred days would be in peril.

History is the record of what one age finds worthy of note in another.

Sound preservation is not only the history of our culture and our country but also a document of life in the world. There is something with sound that is so extraordinary that it can be preserved, that we can listen to a recording made in 1925 and be transported back to that time.

I have always had a great interest in visually documenting the past.

It may not be art, but it is history.

The gold coin is spent.

The Greeks have given to the world the science of history; the Israelites gave to the world historical religion. In contrast to all their neighbors, both peoples knew what history is; this is no consequence of their mental giftedness, however, for there is another reason. Through mighty events both peoples experienced what history is, and by the investment of their lives they made history.

… history is that which transforms documents into monuments

Writing history is writing the soul of the past...

History is simply man’s desperate bid to give substance to his most visionary dreams.

History is on every occasion the record of what one age finds worthy of note in another.

Gold is special, and what makes it special is thousands of years of people wanting it..

A timeless piece of jewelry, like pearls or stud earrings, has lasting value. I bought a vintage ring for $600 with my first paycheck; I plan to pass it down to my daughter.

Anybody great, we're all interested in the relics. If you found an unfinished Gauguin, you'd still want to see it.

Gold has worked for thousands of years, but now with the Internet, it works even better.

In archaeology, context is everything. Objects allow us to reconstruct the past. Taking artifacts from a temple or an ancient private house is like emptying out a time capsule.

As a precious metal, silver is also money.

When you look at classical structures, they're often linked to literature, music, or a poem. They were constructed by master builders, which means it's not something standard that you can copy.

Just as a fossil is 'petrified time,' so is an ancient artifact or text.

You can't argue that you have to have art, and prove it to anybody. Why should I give $1,000 to art when there are people starving? Of course, that's true. But just because you can't, theoretically, defend the arts, or make a sensible argument for their preservation, doesn't mean they're not important.

I've become obsessed with preserving Shaker furniture. I feel as though every influence in my life, everything I've learned and know, all the money I've made, has come together to take care of it.

This new age metal Luminex Uno- made up of gold, platinum and silver is excellent.

Ten thousand years from now our civilization will have passed without leaving a trace. A new race of people will inhabit the earth. They will come to Mount Rushmore and read the record we have made.

Abolishing the book is like abolishing the symphony, or sonata form, or the sonnet, or the wall painting.