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Discover the most inspirational quotes from the Humanities Quotes. Here, you’ll find a diverse collection of motivation, wisdom, love, laughter, or a deeper understanding of life, our curated selection of quotes has something for everyone.
Perfect for fans and those looking for motivation, our collection of Humanities Quotes will inspire and resonate with you. Humanities Quotes

Sue Grafton

I was an English major in college with minors in Fine Arts and Humanities.

– Sue Grafton

Steven Pinker

I think this confusion leads intellectuals and artists themselves to believe that the elite arts and humanities are a kind of higher, exalted form of human endeavor.

– Steven Pinker

Steve Zissis

I always did plays, and when I went to NYU – and I didn’t go to Tisch, the theater school, because I was like, ‘Well, acting’s not realistic. You can’t make a career out of it.’ So I just studied general studies and humanities at NYU, but I was doing plays while I was there. So I was sort of cheating.

– Steve Zissis

Stephen Furst

I didn’t get a Bachelor’s degree – I got a Bachelor’s of Fine Arts, which means I didn’t have to take humanities, math, and stuff like that. I think I had to take Art History, which I failed a few times.

– Stephen Furst

Siri Hustvedt

Many scholars working in the humanities have already shown interest in brain research. For years, contemporary theory in the humanities has left the body and biology out of their discussions.

– Siri Hustvedt

Ruth Benedict

The adequate study of culture, our own and those on the opposite side of the globe, can press on to fulfillment only as we learn today from the humanities as well as from the scientists.

– Ruth Benedict

Philip Warren Anderson

The first months at Harvard were more than challenging, as I came to the realization that the humanities could be genuinely interesting, and, in fact, given the weaknesses of my background, very difficult.

– Philip Warren Anderson

Nick Denton

My background is economics and maths. I think one of the reasons I studied humanities at all, or even went into journalism, is because, like, science and maths wasn’t cool in England when I was growing up. No one ever talked to the engineering students at Oxford.

– Nick Denton

Mohsin Hamid

We need a self because the complexity of the chemical processes that make up our individual humanities exceeds the processing power of our brains.

– Mohsin Hamid

Mia Wasikowska

I’d love to go off to college to study photography, art history, humanities.

– Mia Wasikowska

Marvin Minsky

We all admire great accomplishments in the sciences, arts, and humanities – but we rarely acknowledge how much we achieve in the course of our everyday lives.

– Marvin Minsky

Martha Nussbaum

The first thing you get from the humanities, when they’re well taught, is critical thinking. Philosophy in particular can play that role, not just in universities but in schools as well.

– Martha Nussbaum

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