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VIRGINIA WOOLF ~ THE PASSION OF THE BRAIN

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My own brain is to me the most unaccountable of machinery – always buzzing, humming, soaring roaring diving, and then buried in mud. And why? What’s this passion for?

Virginia Woolf

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REBECCA WEST ~ THE ART OF SKEPTICISM

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“Writing has nothing to do with communication between person and person,  only … between different parts of a person’s mind.”

Rebecca West, “The Art of Skepticism,” 1952

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JAMES WHISTLER ~ THE POETRY OF SIGHT

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Symphony in White (1865) by James Whistler

Whistler painted his lover Joanna Hiffernan. This painting shows her beautiful profile while reflected in the mirror.

The white of the dress is the dominant color in this painting.

Joanna has been Whistler’s lover for seven years, then she met his friend, the artist Courbet and became his lover.

“Just like music is the poetry of sound, painting is the poetry of sight, and this has nothing to do with a harmony of sound or color”

James Abbot Whistler

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VIRGINIA WOOLF ~ BEING A WOMAN

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“As a woman I have no country. As a woman I want no country. As a woman, my country is the whole world.”
Virginia Woolf

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FRANCIS BACON ~ ON BEING AN ARTIST

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“I don’t think people are born artists; I think it comes from a mixture of your surroundings,
the people you meet, and luck”
Francis Bacon

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VIRGINIA WOOLF ~ QUOTE

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“The eyes of others our prisons; their thoughts our cages.”
Virginia Woolf

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