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Historical Quotes
Words on a past that never fully stays behind.
These historical quotes include one artist's simple claim to be a historical painter, alongside thoughts on why historical fiction keeps readers returning to the same characters. See related lines under Fiction.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
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The Renaissance is studded by the names of the artists and architects, with their creations recorded as great historical events.
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The blurring of fact and fiction has great commercial potential, which is bound to be corrupting in historical terms.
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Historical truth and the marketing needs of the movie and television industry remain fundamentally incompatible.
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It can be a long gap between the emergence of fully researched historical biographies.
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I got nice rejections explaining that historical fiction was a difficult sell. But I kept trying.
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I don't write historical novels but novels that wonder, 'And what if it happened in this way and not in this other one?'
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