John Barrymore - (1882- 1942) American actor on stage, screen and radio.
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“To know what you’re going to draw, you have to begin drawing,”
Pablo Picasso - (1881 - 1973) - Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist and theatre designer. He spent most of his adult life in France. Regarded as one of the most influential artists of the 20th century, he us known for co-founding the Cubist movement, the invention of constructed sculpture, the co-invention of collage art and for the wide variety of styles he helped develop and explore. Picasso demonstrated extraordinary artistic talent in his early years and was extremely prolific throughout his life with over 20,000 paintings, drawings, sculptures, ceramics and other items such as costumes and theater sets. Read more
Edgar Degas - (1834 1917) French Painter, Sculptor, and Printmaker. More than half of his works depict dancers.
"Don't confuse honours with achievement"
Zadie Smith - Contemporary British novelist, essayist, and short-story writer.
"No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted"
Aesop (620 – 564 BC) Greek fabulist and story teller
"It is often said that we are born scientists — naturally curious, tickled rather than daunted by the unknown, unafraid to experiment and to stumble in learning the world"..........More
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Zadie Smith on Optimism and Despair | Brain Pickings - by Maria Popova
“Progress is never permanent, will always be threatened, must be redoubled, restated and re imagined if it is to survive.” Zadie Smith's Welt Literature Prize acceptance Speech
Pablo Picasso (1881 –1973) - Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist and theatre designer. He spent most of his adult life in France. Regarded as one of the most influential artists of the 20th century, he us known for co-founding the Cubist movement, the invention of constructed sculpture, the co-invention of collage art and for the wide variety of styles he helped develop and explore. Picasso demonstrated extraordinary artistic talent in his early years and was extremely prolific throughout his life with over 20,000 paintings, drawings, sculptures, ceramics and other items such as costumes and theater sets. Read more
"Only those who attempt the absurd can achieve the impossible"
Albert Einstein (March 14, 1879, - April 18, 1955)
“Nature’s particular gift to the walker… is to set the mind jogging, to make it garrulous, exalted, a little mad maybe — certainly creative and suprasensitive.” www.brainpickings.org
“Reading Is To The Mind, As Exercise Is To The Body.”
Brian Tracy - Canadian-American motivational public speaker and self-development author. www.briantracy.com
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