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

Abraham Brueghel (1631-c.1690)

Abraham Brueghel

Abraham Brueghel (baptised 28 November 1631 – c. 1690) was a Flemish painter from the famous Brueghel family of artists.[1]



Quotes·Quotations by Abraham Brueghel


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Sculptural cartouche with garland, possibly a self-portrait    

 


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



Billie Jean King (1943- )

King
in 2011

Billie Jean King

Billie Jean King (née Moffitt; born November 22, 1943), also known as BJK, is an American former world No. 1 tennis player.[1]



Quotes·Quotations by Billie Jean King


Champions

¶ Champions keep playing until they get it right. [Champions, Tennis]



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


Edmond Aman-Jean (1858-1936)

Edmond Aman-Jean

Edmond Aman-Jean (13 November 1858, Chevry-Cossigny – 25 January 1936, Paris) was a French symbolist painter, who co-founded the Salon des Tuileries in 1923.[1]



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Agence de presse Meurisse (Paris 1918)    

 


[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmond_Aman-Jean



ZUO Zongtang (左宗棠, 1812-1885)

Zuo Zongtang


Zuo Zongtang (左宗棠) (November 10, 1812 – September 5, 1885), sometimes referred to as General Tso, was a statesman and military leader of the late Qing dynasty (大清).[1]



Quotes·Quotations by Zuo Zongtang


@ We shall first confront them [the Russians] with arguments...and then settle it on the battlefields. [John King Fairbank, Kwang-ching Liu, Denis Crispin Twitchett (1980). Late Ch'ing, 1800-1911. Cambridge University Press. p. 93. ISBN 0521220297. Retrieved on 2010-6-28.][2]



Images


Photograph of Zuo Zongtang, late 19th century



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

[2] https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Zuo_Zongtang



Will Durant (1885-1981)

Will Durant (1885-1981)

William James Durant (/dəˈrænt/; November 5, 1885 – November 7, 1981) was an American historian and philosopher, best known for his 11-volume work, The Story of Civilization, which contains and details the history of Eastern and Western civilizations.[1]



Quotes·Quotations by Will Durant


Happiness

¶ Happiness is a journey, not a destination.



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Durant in 1967


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


Guido Reni (1575-1642)

Guido Reni

Guido Reni (Italian pronunciation: [ˌɡwiːdo ˈrɛːni]; 4 November 1575 – 18 August 1642) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, although his works showed a classical manner, similar to Simon Vouet, Nicolas Poussin, and Philippe de Champaigne.[1]



Quotes·Quotations by Guido Reni


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Self portrait, c. 1602    

 


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



John Keats (1795-1821)

Part of
posthumous
portrait
by
William
Hilton,
c. 1822

John Keats


John Keats (31 October 1795 – 23 February 1821) was an English poet of the second generation of Romantic poets, along with Lord Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley.[1]



Quotes·Quotations


Beauty


¶ A thing of beauty is a joy forever;
Its loveliness increases; it will never
Pass into nothingness...



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