Nu er jeg som det vilde Faar, der ud paa Marken gaar. Og jeg har hverken Fa’r eller Mo’r eller nogen som helst paa denne Jord, der kan trøste mig med et Ord. Johannes V. Jensen Tre og tredive Aar Himmerlandshistorier
Les mer»He loved chivalierie, Truth and honour, freedom and curteisie. Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1343-1400) The Canterbury Tales The General Prologue
Les mer»To begin to live in the present, we must first atone for our past and be finished with it, and we can only atone for it by suffering, by extraordinary, unceasing exertion. Anton Chekov The Cherry Orchard (1904)
Les mer»Is it progress if a cannibal uses knife and fork? Stanislaw Lec (1909-1966) Unkempt Thoughts (1962)
Les mer»A hint – don’t paint too much direct from nature. Art is an abstraction! study nature and then brood on it and treasure the creation which will result, which is the only way to ascend towards God – to create like our Divine Master. Paul Gaugin (1848-1903) letter to Emile Schuffenecker, 14. August 1888.
Les mer»A hint – don’t paint too much direct from nature. Art is an abstraction! study nature and then brood on it and treasure the creation which will result, which is the only way to ascend towards God – to create like our Divine Master. Paul Gaugin (1848-1903) letter to Emile Schuffenecker, 14. August 1888.
Les mer»I’m glad we’ve been bombed. It makes me feel I can look the East End in the face. Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, to a London policeman, 13. September 1940, in John Wheeler-Bennett King George VI
Les mer»Very like leaves upon this earth are the generations of men – old leaves, cast on the ground by wind, young leaves the greening forest bears when spring comes in. The Illiad bk. 6 l. 146
Les mer»Very like leaves upon this earth are the generations of men – old leaves, cast on the ground by wind, young leaves the greening forest bears when spring comes in. The Illiad bk. 6 l. 146
Les mer»Hell is realizing that one did not help when one could have. James Mawdsley, Australian-British human rights activist
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