Wednesday, August 20, 2003
�Art is mind and heart and touch as much and more than it is mere instrument, technique - without which however it cannot exist at all.�
-- Bernard Berenson (1865 - 1959) US art historian: in "The Bernard Berenson Treasury," 1962.
�Africa, help me to go home, carry me like an aged child in your arms. Undress me and wash me. Strip me of all of these garments, strip me as a man strips off dreams when the dawn comes. . . .�
- Aime Cesaire (b. 1913) Martiniquais poet, playwright, political activist: in "The Tragedy of King Christophe, 1963.
�Talent isn't genius and no amount of energy can make it so. I want to be great, or nothing. I won't be a commonplace dauber, so I don't intend to try any more.�
- Louisa May Alcott (1832 - 1888), American novelist.
�If one lets fear or hate or anger take possession of the mind, they become self-forged chains.�
- Helen Gahagan Douglas (1900 � 1980), American actress, opera singer, politician: "A Full Life", 1982.
-- Bernard Berenson (1865 - 1959) US art historian: in "The Bernard Berenson Treasury," 1962.
�Africa, help me to go home, carry me like an aged child in your arms. Undress me and wash me. Strip me of all of these garments, strip me as a man strips off dreams when the dawn comes. . . .�
- Aime Cesaire (b. 1913) Martiniquais poet, playwright, political activist: in "The Tragedy of King Christophe, 1963.
�Talent isn't genius and no amount of energy can make it so. I want to be great, or nothing. I won't be a commonplace dauber, so I don't intend to try any more.�
- Louisa May Alcott (1832 - 1888), American novelist.
�If one lets fear or hate or anger take possession of the mind, they become self-forged chains.�
- Helen Gahagan Douglas (1900 � 1980), American actress, opera singer, politician: "A Full Life", 1982.
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