Patricius said:
I cannot find quotes by: Mimar Sinan, Raphael, Raja Todar Mal, Nikolaus August Otto, Merit Ptah, Johannes Vermeer, or Norbert Rillieux. I can also use a quote about the person by a contemporary. If you guys know of any or can find some I'd appreciate it. Also, I believe Firaxis might have made a mistake and included someone named Narek as a Great Prophet, but I believe they meant Guru Nanek who started the Sikh religion. Narek is not even an alternate spelling however, but to change the actual name in the game I would have to change the XML file that contains GP's names, thus including a whole big file just to change one letter.
Hey, love this mod idea. My first time posting, though I've been playing and modding Civs for a while now.
Anyhow, to the topic at hand. I"m including what quotes I could find on those, and also I humbly offer my assistance with graphics. I'm a web developer/print designer by trade, so I have all the fun software. Adobe Creative Suite CS2, Macromedia et al, etc. Bryce too. If you need any editing of graphics done I'm happy to help if I can.
These are pretty much quotes about them, or in some cases, merely
relating to them.
Raphael -
"Raphael paints wisdom" - Ralph Waldo Emerson
(full text - "Raphael paints wisdom, Handel sings it, Phidias carves it, Shakespeare writes it, Wren builds it, Columbus sails it, Luther preaches it, Washington arms it, Watt mechanizes it."
"No record of her high descent
There needs, nor memory of her name;
Enough that Raphaels colors blent
To give her features deathless fame." - William Allen Butler,
Incognita of Raphael
Raja Todar Mal -
Couldn't find any 'real' quotes, but here's an interesting tidbit about Mal:
"Raja Todar mal, one of the "jewels" in Akbar's court, constructed a new temple on the site of the destroyed Vishwanath temple in 1585."
Interesting correlation with game religions no?
Merit Ptah - "Her image is painted in an Egyptian tomb in the Valley of the Kings. She is believed to be the world's first named physician and the first
woman known by name in the history of science. She was described by her son, a high priest, as 'the chief physician'."
Considering that her entire legacy was passed on via a tomb wall, this one will be harder. I suggest making something up out of whole cloth (like from the point of view of her son or a pharaoh), or finding a way to transcribe some symbols or glyphs from that excavation. Or just put an old egyptian proverb in there:
"Pride and dignity would belong to women if only men would leave them alone. " or "The wise man is great through his own merits". [Ptah-Hotep]
or "The best and shortest road towards knowledge of truth is Nature" or "Exuberance is a good stimulus towards action, but the inner light grows in silence and concentration" or "Your body is the temple of knowledge"
Johannes Vermeer
Little is known about Vermeer, his paintings not having received wide accolades until after his death. However, there is a book called "Girl with a Pearl Earring", which is historic fiction about Vermeer. The book was eventually made into a movie, and the Vermeer character did have the following memorable exchange:
"Catharina: Why don't you paint me?
Vermeer: Because you don't understand"
Takes some pondering.
Nikolaus August Otto- couldn't find squat, but here's a photo of him if you need:
clicky
Norbert Rillieux - No joy on quotes by or about, but here's a good page on him:
clicky
Mimar Sinan - Seems like we should be able to find something. Widely renowned. I'll keep looking.
Also the Vemeer quote from The girl with the Pearl Earing is the best I think we are going to get so I will use that.
