Life & People

Sidney Sheldon (1917-2007)

Sidney Sheldon

Sidney Sheldon (February 11, 1917 – January 30, 2007) was an American writer. He was prominent in the 1930s, first working on Broadway plays, and then in motion pictures, notably writing the successful comedy The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947), which earned him an Oscar in 1948.[1]

Quotes·Quotations by Sidney Sheldon

Heroes

¶ My heroes are those who risk their lives every day to protect our world and make it a better place - police, firefighters and members of our armed forces.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_Sheldon

Richard Bergh (1858-1919)

Richard Bergh

Sven Richard Bergh (28 December 1858 – 29 January 1919) was a Swedish painter, art critic and museum manager.[1]

Quotes·Quotations by Richard Bergh

Artists

¶ In France a landscape painter may perhaps be an artist using only his eyes.
In the North the landscape painter must be a poet.

Images

Selected Works

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Bergh

J. Paul Getty (1892-1976)

J. Paul Getty (1892-1976)

Jean Paul Getty Sr. (/ˈɡɛti/; December 15, 1892 – June 6, 1976) was an American-born British petroleum industrialist who founded the Getty Oil Company in 1942 and was the patriarch of the Getty family.[1]

Quotes·Quotations by J. Paul Getty

Money

¶ If you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars.

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Getty in 1944

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Paul_Getty

William Beechey (1753-1839)

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Sir William Beechey (12 December 1753 – 28 January 1839) was a British portraitist during the golden age of British painting[1]

Quotes·Quotations by William Beechey

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Sir William Beechey, self-portrait, c. 1800

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Beechey

Baya Mahieddine (1931-1998)

Baya Mahieddine

Baya Mahieddine (Arabic: باية محي الدين) or Fatima Haddad (Arabic: فاطمة حداد, born in Bordj El Kiffan on 12 December 1931; died 9 November 1998) was an Algerian artist.[1]

Quotes·Quotations by Baya Mahieddine

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Baya in 1989

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baya_(artist)

Julius Kronberg (1850-1921)

Julius Kronberg

Johan Julius Ferdinand Kronberg (11 December 1850 – 17 October 1921) was a Swedish artist and decorative painter.[1]

Quotes·Quotations by Julius Kronberg

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Julius Kronberg, from the Svenskt Porträttgalleri XX

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Kronberg

Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680)

Gian Lorenzo Bernini

Gian Lorenzo (or Gianlorenzo) Bernini (UK: /bɛərˈniːni/, US: /bərˈ-/, Italian: [ˈdʒan loˈrɛntso berˈniːni]; Italian Giovanni Lorenzo; 7 December 1598 – 28 November 1680) was an Italian sculptor and architect.[1]

Quotes·Quotations by Gian Lorenzo Bernini

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Self-portrait of Bernini, c. 1623, Galleria Borghese, Rome

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gian_Lorenzo_Bernini

Stefan Zweig (1881-1942)

Stefan Zweig (1881-1942)

Stefan Zweig (28 November 1881 – 22 February 1942) was an Austrian novelist, playwright, journalist and biographer.

Quotes·Quotations by Stefan Zweig

Success

¶ Supreme achievement and outstanding capacity are only rendered possible by mental concentration, by a sublime monomania that verges on lunacy.[2]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefan_Zweig

[2] http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Stefan_Zweig