Quotes by Robert M. Edsel

About Robert M. Edsel:

Robert Morse Edsel is an American businessman and author. He has written three non-fiction books: Rescuing Da Vinci (2006), Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History (2007); and Saving Italy (2013), chronicling the recovery of artwork stolen by Nazi Germany during World War II. A film based on his book, The Monuments Men, directed by and starring Academy Award winner George Clooney, was released in February 2014.
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It matters little that you are afraid if you manage to hide it. You are then at the edge of courage. (one of Jaujard's philosophies)

Robert M. Edsel

The thought came back to him, as it often did: To save the culture of your allies is a small thing. To cherish the culture of your enemy, to risk your life and the life of other men to save it, to give it all back to them as soon as the battle was wo...

Robert M. Edsel

Destiny is not one push, she thought as she waited to cross a quiet street on that cold Paris evening years later, but a thousand small moments that through insight and hard work you line up in the right direction, like the magnet does the metal shav...

Robert M. Edsel

Here, Mortimer Wheeler thought, is power. And a reminder of our mortality.

Robert M. Edsel

War did not come like a hurricane, Rorimer realized, destroying everything in its path. It came like a tornado, touching down in patches, taking with it one life while leaving the next person unharmed.

Robert M. Edsel

Author Bio

  • NameRobert M. Edsel
  • DescriptionAmerican art historian
  • Born1956
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionArt Historian; Historian