I have always been – I think any student of history almost inevitably is – a cheerful pessimist. Jacques Martin Barzun Next Quote It is only in the shadows, when some fresh wave, truly original, truly creative, breaks upon the shore, that there will be a rediscovery of the West. - Jacques Martin Barzun Previous Quote Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition.. - Jacques Martin Barzun