Alexander Brullov was born on November 29, 1798 in St Petersburg in the family of Pavel Brullo, a sculptor and ornamental artist of French origin. With his brother, Karl, Alexander received a special ...
A classic is something that everybody wants to have read but nobody wants to read. Mark Twain, an American author....
I recommend you to take care of the minutes; for hours will take care of themselves. Philip Stanhope, the 4th Earl of Chesterfield, a British statesman and man-of-letters....
The world is a book, and those who do not travel, read only a page. St Augustine (Aurelius Augustinus), a philosopher and theologian...
Many a man falls as an original thinker simply because his memory is too good. Friedrich Nietzsche, a German philosopher....
As I was reading Mikhail Romm‘s book on directing in cinema, I came across a chapter on shots and framing, in which Romm illustrates different types of shots through the well-known paintings. I ...
The worthiest people are the most injured by slander, as is the best fruit which the birds have been pecking at. Jonathan Swift, an English satyrist...
Democracy is only a dream: it should be put in the same category as Arcadia, Santa Claus, and Heaven. H. L. Mencken, an American writer...
I really like it when Easter falls on the same day across the Christian denominations. While I am planning to share a few memories later today, I first and foremost share the old postcards from my fam...
A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin. Henry Louis Mencken, an American writer and prose stylist, the “Sage of Baltimore”....