Who hold on to the past have lost the future

‏This painting "The Deluge" is one of the greatest works of French painter Joseph Desiree

In which a man tries to save a man who is helpless and neglects to save his wife and child. The old symbolizes the past, the beard of the heritage, the mother and the future child. The message: Those who hold on to the past have lost the future. It's That's That