Personally, I do not subscribe to the current theory, possibly chic, that study of our cultural past by young artists limits, or even thwarts, their creativity and spontaneity. We are what we come from, and to think we come from nowhere is both an intellectual and a natural fallacy.
–Prince Amyn Aga Khan Opening of the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto, Canada September 12, 2014
via AKDN’s Speeches & Interviews: http://www.akdn.org/press-centre/speeches
http://www.akdn.org/speech/prince-amyn-aga-khan/opening-aga-khan-museum-toronto
Personally, I do not subscribe to the current theory, possibly chic, that study of our cultural past by young artists limits, or even thwarts, their creativity and spontaneity. We are what we come from, and to think we come from nowhere is both an intellectual and a natural fallacy.