I like to be buttoned onto tradition. The thing is to improve it, twist it and mold it; to make something new of it; not to deny it. The riches of history can be plucked at any point.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
It takes an endless amount of history to make even a little tradition.
You can embrace nostalgia and history and tradition at the same time - it has to progress or it can't survive.
Tradition means taking account of a wonderful history but remembering that everybody today looks to the future.
With honesty of purpose, balance, a respect for tradition, courage, and, above all, a philosophy of life, any young person who embraces the historical profession will find it rich in rewards and durable in satisfaction.
Preserving tradition has become a nice hobby, like stamp collecting.
There's a great tradition in storytelling that's thousands of years old, telling stories about kings and their palaces, and that's really what I wanted to do.
I have behind me not only the splendid traditions and the annals of more than a thousand years but the living strength and majesty of the Commonwealth and Empire; of societies old and new; of lands and races different in history and origins but all, by God's Will, united in spirit and in aim.
I love history... everything is inspired by history, so that's why I love vintage and antiques.
We've got to map all of our ancient history before it's gone because, let's face it, if we don't have a common heritage to share, something to get excited about, then what are we living for?
We don't want tradition. We want to live in the present and the only history that is worth a tinker's dam is the history we make today.