"[E]ven though, like it or not, women occupy fifty percent of the human story genetically — I as a historian — I notic…"

"As a society we can tolerate questions when things are going well, but when things are going badly we want answers."

"I was the first female historian to present a history series on TV in the UK in the year 2000. Extraordinary. I had n…"

"I have more confidence in the charity which begins in the home and diverges into a large humanity, than in the worldw…"

"As the rolling stone gathers no moss, so the roving heart gathers no affections."

"A man may be as much a fool from the want of sensibility as the want of sense."

"The true purpose of education is to cherish and unfold the seed of immortality already sown within us; to develop, to…"

"Piety in art—poetry in art—Puseyism in art—let us be careful how we confound them."

"He that seeks popularity in art closes the door on his own genius: as he must needs paint for other minds, and not fo…"

"Reputation is but a synonyme of popularity: dependent on suffrage, to be increased or diminished at the will of the v…"