Mary Beard : (7) " I don’t want to see a world in which women can communicate on Twitter, but their actual voices are not heard. " - Mary Beard " I was nearly struck by lightning on an excavation in Turkey. " - Mary Beard " A lot of sexism is just very silly… and the best response is laughter and ridicule. " - Mary Beard " The history of art is not just the history of artists; it is also the history of the people who viewed art. And that wider perspective can help us see some of the reasons why the art of the ancient world should still matter to us. " - Mary Beard " I receive something we might euphemistically call an ‘inappropriately hostile’ response – that is to say, more than fair criticism or even fair anger – every time I speak on radio or television. " - Mary Beard " My mother took me to the British Museum aged five. I had thought people from the past weren’t as good as we were, and then I saw the Elgin marbles. Suddenly, the world seemed more complicated. " - Mary Beard " I loved ‘Gladiator,’ and I thought its depiction of gladiatorial combat, although it was an aggrandizing picture, was cleverly and expertly done. " - Mary Beard