Stephen King (1947- )

Stephen King


Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author.


He is a highly acclaimed author known for his work in the horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, and fantasy genres. He has written numerous bestsellers, including "Carrie," "The Shining," "It," and "The Dark Tower" series. His works have been adapted into many movies, TV shows, and miniseries.



Quotes


Monsters


¶ Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.


Scary


¶ The scariest moment is always just before you start.

- It is one of Stephen King's famous quotes. 


Anton Mauve (1838-1888)

Anton Mauve

Anthonij "Anton" Rudolf Mauve (18 September 1838 – 5 February 1888) was a Dutch realist painter who was a leading member of the Hague School.[1]



Quotes·Quotations by Anton Mauve


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Images


   
Anton Mauve    

 

Works


   
The Return of the Flock, Laren, c. 1886-1887, oil on canvas, h 100.25 x w 161.42 cm, Philadelphia Museum of Art    

 


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



C. JoyBell C.

C. JoyBell C.

C. JoyBell C. has authored books of poetry and literature that delve mainly into the mysterious, the philosophical and the esoteric.



Quotes·Quotations by C. JoyBell C.


Cake

¶ Cake is happiness! If you know the way of the cake, you know the way of happiness! If you have a cake in front of you, you should not look any further for joy!


Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840)

Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840)


Caspar David Friedrich (5 September 1774 – 7 May 1840) was a German Romantic landscape painter, generally considered the most important German artist of his generation.[1]



Images


Works


Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840), Cairn in Snow, 1807, oil on canvas, h 61 x w 80 cm, Galerie Neue Meister, Dresden, Germany


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


Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825)

Jacques-Louis David

Jacques-Louis David (French: [ʒaklwi david]; 30 August 1748 – 29 December 1825) was a French painter in the Neoclassical style, considered to be the preeminent painter of the era.[1]



Quotes·Quotations by Jacques-Louis David


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Images


   
Cupid and Psyche, 1817, oil on canvas, 184.2 x 241.6 cm, Cleveland Museum of Art    

 


[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques-Louis_David



Semyon Bilmes (1955- )

Semyon Bilmes

Semyon Bilmes (29 August 1955) is an Azerbaijani American painter and the founder and instructor of The Ashland Academy of Art, in Ashland, Oregon, United States and Atelier Maui, in Maui, Hawaii United States.[1]



Quotes·Quotations by Semyon Bilmes


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Images


   
Lady in a red Turban, Oil on Canvas, by Semyon Bilmes    

 


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



Guillaume Courtois (1628-1679)

Guillaume Courtois

Guillaume Courtois or italianized as Guglielmo Cortese, called Il Borgognone or Le Bourguignon ('the Burgundian'), (1628 – 14 or 15 June 1679) was a Franc-comtois-Italian painter, draughtsman and etcher.[1]



Quotes·Quotations by Guillaume Courtois


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Images


   
Presumed self-portrait    

 


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



Jacopo Bassano (c.1510-1592)

Jacopo Bassano

Jacopo Bassano (c. 1510 – 14 February 1592), known also as Jacopo dal Ponte, was an Italian painter who was born and died in Bassano del Grappa near Venice, and took the village as his surname.[1]



Quotes·Quotations by Jacopo Bassano


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Images


   
Self-portrait in later age    

 


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



Fernando Yáñez de la Almedina (c.1475-1536)

Fernando Yáñez de la Almedina

Fernando (or Hernando) Yáñez de la Almedina, born in Almedina, Spain in c. 1475 and died in Valencia, Kingdom of Spain in 1536, was a Spanish painter.[1]



Quotes·Quotations by Fernando Yáñez de la Almedina


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Images


   
Saint Catherine of Alexandria, oil on canvas, c. 1510, in the Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain    

 


[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando_Y%C3%A1%C3%B1ez_de_la_Almedina



Francesco Granacci (1469-1543)

Francesco Granacci

Francesco Granacci (1469 – 30 November 1543) was an Italian Renaissance painter active primarily in his native Florence.[1]



Quotes·Quotations by Francesco Granacci


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Images


   
Nativity, late 1490s. Honolulu Museum of Art    

 


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