Leonardo da Vinci, on living right
"As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well spent brings happy death. " —Leonardo da Vinci Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, February 5, 2007
Saturday, February 3, 2007
Theodore Roethke, to his poetry students
"I expect you to be human beings. Don't laugh—that's already an incredible assumption: they're a disappearing species." —Theodore Roethke Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, January 29, 2007
Josephine Baker, on confidence
"I'm not intimidated by anyone. Everyone is made with two arms, two legs, a stomach and a head. Just think about that." —Josephine Baker Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, January 27, 2007
T.S. Eliot, on risk
"Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far they can go." —T.S. Eliot Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, January 26, 2007
Patti Smith, on artists
An artist is someone who enters into competition with God. —Patti Smith Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Virginia Woolf, on nationality
"As a woman I have no country. As a woman my country is the whole world." —Virginia Woolf Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, January 20, 2007
Pablo Neruda, on peace
“Peace goes into the making of a poem as flour goes into the making of bread.” —Pablo Neruda Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Cyrano De Bergerac, on a kiss
“A kiss is a rosy dot over the 'i' of loving.” —from "Cyrano De Bergerac" by Edmand Rostand Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, January 14, 2007
James Brown, on problem-solving
"The only thing that can solve most of our problems is dancing." —James Brown Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, January 13, 2007
Peter Sellers, on identity
"There used to be a real me, but I had it surgically removed." —Peter Sellers Sign in to see full entry.