Nothing is more witty and grotesque than ancient mythology and Christianity; that is because they are so mystical.
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Many works of the ancients have become fragments. Many works of the moderns are fragments at the time of their origin.
From what the moderns want, we must learn what poetry should become; from what the ancients did, what poetry must be.
Any period is fascinating: the more ancient, the better.
Ridley Scott
The form language used by the ancient Egyptians in their structures is minimal.
Harry Seidler
The sarangi, the ney flute are pretty ancient instruments.
Howard Shore
The question of the composition of perceptible objects is one which already occupied the mind of the ancient Greeks.
Johannes Stark
I believe all religions are becoming obsolete, clinging to ancient concepts.
John Templeton
In many ways we are all sons and daughters of ancient Greece.
Nia Vardalos
It is better to imitate ancient than modern work.
Leonardo da Vinci