From Plutarch: “Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks.”
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Quote of the day 10/30/24
From Plutarch: “Music, to create harmony, must investigate discord.”
Quote of the day 03/01/24
From James Joyce: “Irresponsibility is part of the pleasure of all art; it is the part the schools cannot recognize.”
Quote of the day 02/19/24
From Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: “Every day we should hear at least one little song, read one good poem, see one exquisite picture, and, if possible, speak a few sensible words.”
Quote of the day 02/06/24
From Arthur Schopenhauer: “Treat a work of art like a prince. Let it speak to you first.”
Quote of the day 12/09/23
From Leo Tolstoy: “To say that a work of art is good, but incomprehensible to the majority of men, is the same as saying of some kind of food that it is very good but that most people can’t eat it.”
Perfection
A block of marble is perfect A blank canvas is perfect Empty space is perfect Continuous, unblemished, unbroken A sculpture is beautiful A painting is beautiful Nature is beautiful
Great Work Wednesday – War and Peace
I was speaking to my brother recently about the great works of humanity, and I thought it might be fun to list out some of my favorite works in posts. This week, it’s War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy. It’s a massive, sweeping story set in Russia during the Napoleonic Wars. It features deeply humanContinue reading “Great Work Wednesday – War and Peace”
Rejtan
I recently started listening to A History of Eastern Europe by The Great Courses. In Lecture 4, Professor Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius, Ph.D. describes the first partition of Poland by the great powers of Europe. In 1773, Tadeusz Rejtan protested before the Polish parliament, which was set to approve of the partition. According to the story,Continue reading “Rejtan”
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