Who said "To understand the future, one must first master the past."?

This quote is attributed to Sergei Diaghilev.

To understand the future, one must first master the past. - Sergei Diaghilev

"To understand the future, one must first master the past."

Sergei Diaghilev History

Impresario & Entrepreneur Russian 1872–1929

"Astonish me!"

"I want you to steal."

"The public always prefers entertainment to art."

"Art should be ephemeral."

"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."