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OSCAR WILDE ~ ON KISSING

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“A kiss may ruin a human life”

Oscar Wilde

Irish Poet, Novelist, Dramatist and Critic

1854-1900

Le Baiser, 1886

Auguste Toulmouche

Auguste Toulmouche (September 21, 1829 – October 16, 1890) was a French Painter.

He studied with Charles Gleyre and is known mainly for his portraits of Parisian women; Emile Zola spoke of “Toulmouche’s delicious dolls.”

He was named a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour.

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MUCHA ~ ZODIAC

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Zodiac, color litho by Alphons Maria Mucha, 1896
The Mucha Trust

ANNA AKHMATOVA ~ RUSSIAN POET

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“It was a time when only the dead smiled, happy in their peace”

Anna Akhmatova
1889-1966
Russian Poet

GEORGE SAND ~ ON BEING A POET

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He who draws noble delights from sentiments of poetry is a true poet, though he has never written a line in all his life.

~George Sand, 1851

Painting is George Sand by Eugene Delacroix

GUSTAV ADOLF MOSSA ~ PIERROT GOES AWAY

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Pierrot goes away
1906

Gustav Adolf Mossa

FRANZ VON STUCK ~ SALOME 1906

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Here is the painting Salome (1906) by Franz von Stuck.

MAN RAY ~ ON DREAMS

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It has never been my object to record my dreams, just the determination to realize them.”
Man Ray

Photo Sleeping Woman 1929 by Man Ray

FRANZ VAN STUCK ~ A LIVING SALOME

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This foto (1906) was used by Franz van Stuck as an example for his painting Salome!

COLETTE ~ ON LIFE

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“I love my past, I love my present. I am not ashamed of what I have had, and I am not sad because I no longer have it.”

Colette

MARGOT FONTEYN ~ ON ART

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Great artists are people who find the way to be themselves in their art. Any sort of pretension induces mediocrity in art and life alike.

Margot Fonteyn

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