Once, Picasso was asked what his paintings meant. He said, ‘Do you ever know what the birds are singing? You don’t. But you listen to them anyway.’ So, sometimes with art, it is important just to look.
—Marina Abramovic
All the wide sky
Was there to tempt him as he steered toward heaven.
Ovid - Metamorphoses
Sculpture: Nicola Godden - Icarus Rising
There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in.
— Leonard Cohen
Artist: Agnes-Cecil
Poetry is an echo asking a shadow to dance.
— Carl Sandburg
“All I ever wanted was to reach out and touch another human being not just with my hands but with my heart.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Shatter Me
When I found you, my heart found a home.
— Seabird, Falling For You
Artist: Fernando Cobelo
Poetry is an echo asking a shadow to dance.
— Carl Sandburg
You’ll need to suffer to make any real art.
— Chuck Palahniuk
Artist: @andcrespi
I would rather die of passion than of boredom.
— Vincent Van Gogh . Artist: @greenlamp_art
I paint flowers so they will not die.
— Frida Kahlo
A regular at the Venice International Film Festival where she is presenting the film “Broken English” directed by Jane Pollard and Iain Forsyth and in which she plays a leading role, actor Tilda Swinton navigates Venice’s streets with effortless expertise, wearing CHANEL.
Mother and son, two of the finest alpinists of their eras, gone too soon, a quarter of a century apart.
Emmy Award Winning Pianist.
NEW YORK - JANUARY 19: Donald Trump and pianist Lola Astanova pose backstage Lola's performance of "A Tribute to Horowitz" presented by the American Cancer Society at Carnegie Hall on January 19, 2012 in New York City. (Photo by Matthew Peyton/Getty Images)
“I think the biggest thing to realize is that most often plastic surgery cannot drastically change someones overall appearance. It really works best to enhance what someone already has. The results though, can be quite stunning and transformative depending upon what the starting point is. “
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