Who said "To understand the present, we must understand the past."?

This quote is attributed to Théophile Gautier.

To understand the present, we must understand the past. - Théophile Gautier

"To understand the present, we must understand the past."

Théophile Gautier History

Poet Novelist French 1811–1872

"Art for art's sake"

"I love beauty; it is the only thing worth loving"

"The beautiful is as useful as the useful"

"Nothing is truly beautiful except what is useless"

"I've seen a lot of things in my time."

"That's how we archaeologists tell time."

"We must learn from history or be doomed to repeat it."

"Every artifact tells a story."