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Colour

Man needs colour to live; it’s just as necessary an element as fire and water.   Fernand Leger Joseph Fernand Henri Léger ( February 4, 1881 – August 17, 1955) was a French painter, sculptor, and filmmaker. In his early works he created a personal form… Read More ›

Avidity

One may speak about anything on earth with fire, with enthusiasm, with ecstasy, but one only speaks about oneself with avidity.  Ivan Turgenev Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (November 9 [O.S. October 28] 1818 – September 3, 1883) was a Russian novelist, short story writer, poet, playwright, translator and… Read More ›

Ugly

Some women hold up dresses that are so ugly and they always say the same thing: ‘This looks much better on.’ On what? On fire?   Rita Rudner Rita Rudner (born September 17, 1953) is an American comedian, writer and actress. Beginning… Read More ›

Absence

Absence is to love what wind is to fire; it extinguishes the small, it enkindles the great.    Roger de Rabutin Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy (13 April 1618 – 9 April 1693), commonly known as Bussy-Rabutin, was a French memoirist…. Read More ›