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Tue 1 Oct 2013

You are my sunshine

Posted by PJ under art, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun.”

—Pablo Picasso

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Fri 6 Sep 2013

As he sees it

Posted by PJ under art, quote of the day, science
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Random quote of the day:

“Art is the tree of life. Science is the tree of death.”

—William Blake, The Laocoön

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Tue 21 May 2013

Truth in lying

Posted by PJ under art, lies, quote of the day, truth
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Random quote of the day:

“I am a lie who always speaks the truth.”

—Jean Cocteau, “Le Paquet Rouge”

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Wed 15 May 2013

Feelers

Posted by PJ under art, artists, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“Artists are the antennae of the race.”

—Ezra Pound, ABC of Reading

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Mon 6 May 2013

Ascending pastime

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Random quote of the day:

“Every day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful. Yet there will stretch out before you an ever-lengthening, ever-ascending, ever-improving path. You know you will never get to the end of the journey. But this, far from discouraging, only adds to the joy and glory of the climb.”

—Sir Winston Churchill, “Painting as a Pastime,” Thoughts and Adventures

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Wed 13 Feb 2013

The art is a lonely hunter

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Random quote of the day:

“Art gropes. It stalks like a hunter lost in the woods, listening to itself and to everything around it, unsure of itself, waiting to pounce.”

—John Gardner, American novelist, On Moral Fiction

(This quote has been widely misattributed to John W. Gardner, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare under President Lyndon Baines Johnson. It has also sometimes been misattributed to the British writer named John Gardner.)

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Fri 9 Nov 2012

Suffering, succotash

Posted by PJ under art, poetry, quote of the day, suffering
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“You don’t have to suffer to be a poet.  Adolescence is enough suffering for anyone.”

—John Ciardi, Simmons Review, Fall 1962

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Mon 29 Oct 2012

Happy birthday, Mr. Ross

Posted by PJ under art, video
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I would wish happy little clouds for the East Coast, but it doesn’t look like they’re going to get them.

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Fri 28 Sep 2012

Elephants, chimps, dogs, and pigs

Posted by PJ under animals, art, quote of the day
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“We are the only animal that makes art. We are the only animal that has invented metaphor to define ourselves to ourselves.”

—Edward Albee, “Humans: the artsy animals,” Los Angeles Times Op/Ed, May 30, 2006

 

 

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Thu 19 Jul 2012

Stephen

Posted by PJ under academia, art, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

 

“If true art is to conceal art, then in my book, the American manner wins.  On the other hand, effete, emotionally constipated academics are just so much more fun.”

—Stephen Fry, quoted in The Honolulu Advertiser, March 7, 2007

 

 


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