Top 9 Quotes & Sayings by Ambeth R. Ocampo

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Filipino historian Ambeth R. Ocampo.

Last updated on December 19, 2024.

Lamberto "Ambeth" R. Ocampo is a Filipino public historian, academic, cultural administrator, journalist, author and independent curator. He is best known for his definitive writings about Philippines' national hero José Rizal and on topics on Philippine history and Philippine art through Looking Back, his bi-weekly editorial page column in the Philippine Daily Inquirer.

Filipino - Historian | Born: 1961

Source: Wikipedia

It is ironic that many Filipinos learn to love the Philippines while abroad, not at home.

Ambeth R. Ocampo

Who says history is stagnant? For a historian, facts do not change; it is the way we look at things, our interpretations, that are always changing. This is what makes history exciting - that we can always find something new in what is old.

Ambeth R. Ocampo

Filipinos are not a reading people, and despite the compulsory course on the life and works of Rizal today, from the elementary to the university levels, it is accepted that the 'Noli me Tangere' and 'El Filibusterismo' are highly regarded but seldom read (if not totally ignored). Therefore one asks, how can unread novels exert any influence?

Ambeth R. Ocampo