The historian's task is to make the past intelligible. - Lucien Febvre

"The historian's task is to make the past intelligible."

Lucien Febvre Creativity

Historian French 1878–1956

More from Lucien Febvre

"History is not the past. It is the present and the future too."

"To be a historian is to be a man committed to truth."

"The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there."

"Understanding the past requires imagination as much as scholarship."

"When life gives you lemons, make something beautiful."

"Creativity knows no bounds."

"Creativity is the expression of the soul."

"I'm making this up as I go."