[b]Claude Monet
Every day I discover more and more beautiful things. It’s enough to drive one mad. I have such a desire to do everything, my head is bursting with it.[/b]
Would that I had this problem, he thought.
It is a tragedy that we live in a world where physical courage is so common, and moral courage is so rare.
Today, of course, it’s the Republicans. You know, if you believe Rachel Maddow.
Everything changes, even stone.
So paint it while you can.
The critic asks: And what, sir, is the subject matter of that painting?
The subject matter, my dear good fellow, is the light.
The critic asks: I mean the subject matter after that.
It is better to have done something than to have been someone.
He wondered if both were possible.
My only desire is an intimate infusion with nature, and the only fate I wish is to have worked and lived in harmony with her laws.
Of course we have our own rendition of that here too.