FRANCIS BACON ~ ON BEING AN ARTIST

MARIA YAKUNCHIKOVA (1870-1902) WOMEN WITH A PASSION FOR ART The first female artist I want to introduce in the series
ONE WAY TO READ A BOOK In the opinion of the famous writer Doris Lessing there is only one
MARC AND BELLA CHAGALL ~ A COLORFUL LOVE “In our life there is a single color, as on an artist’s
“I am an excitable person who only understands life lyrically, musically, in whom feelings are much stronger as reason. I am so thirsty for the marvelous that only the marvelous has power over me. Anything I can not transform into something marvelous, I let go. Reality doesn’t impress me. I only believe in intoxication, in ecstasy, and when ordinary life shackles me, I escape, one way or another. No more walls.”
Anais Nin
“I am a writer and I want to write.” ― Jane Bowles Fear and Hope “Like most people, you
THE SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR EFFECT “I am incapable of conceiving infinity, and yet I do not accept finity.” SIMONE
ONE WAY TO READ A BOOK In the opinion of the famous writer Doris Lessing there is only one
“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.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Monique-Weberink-Art/150258864993441
I was still little when I saw this painting called “Girl with Peaches” for the first time. I found it
Edvard Munch – Jealousy (1895) “O, beware, my lord, of jealousy; It is the green-ey’d monster, which doth mock The
Erato, Muse Of Poetry Sir Edward John Poynter (1870)
This intense novel is about a young mother and wife called Zoe Kruller, who is brutally murdered. It uses mixed storylines
“You can’t buy happiness, but you can buy books and that’s kind of the same thing.” Anonymous Girl Reading
“I am a writer and I want to write.” ― Jane Bowles Fear and Hope “Like most people, you
“And even this heart of mine has something artificial. The dancers have sewn it into a bag of pink satin,
“The true mission of the violin is to imitate the accents of the human voice, a noble mission that has
“A painting requires a little mystery, some vagueness, and some fantasy. When you always make your meaning perfectly plain you
“I am a writer and I want to write.” ― Jane Bowles Fear and Hope “Like most people, you
THE SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR EFFECT “I am incapable of conceiving infinity, and yet I do not accept finity.” SIMONE
ONE WAY TO READ A BOOK In the opinion of the famous writer Doris Lessing there is only one
This intense novel is about a young mother and wife called Zoe Kruller, who is brutally murdered. It uses mixed storylines
“You can’t buy happiness, but you can buy books and that’s kind of the same thing.” Anonymous Girl Reading
“I am a writer and I want to write.” ― Jane Bowles Fear and Hope “Like most people, you
“I am a writer and I want to write.” ― Jane Bowles Fear and Hope “Like most people, you
MARC AND BELLA CHAGALL ~ A COLORFUL LOVE “In our life there is a single color, as on an artist’s
THE SURREALITY/REALITY OF GIORGIO MORANDI. Giorgio Morandi (1890 -1964) was an Italian painter and printmaker. “There is nothing more surreal,
“There were always in me, two women at least, one woman desperate and bewildered, who felt she was drowning and another who would leap into a scene, as upon a stage, conceal her true emotions because they were weaknesses, helplessness, despair, and present to the world only a smile, an eagerness, curiosity, enthusiasm, interest.”
Anais Nin
“The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but what we are unable to
“Dreams are necessary to life” Anais Nin
“We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect.” ― Anaïs Nin