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John Sexton Quote: “I really don’t have any secrets….”

I really don’t have any secrets. I’ve never met a photographer whose work I respected that had a secret because the secret lies within each and every one of us.

October 24, 2021 1942, American, John Sexton, Quotes by Educators, September 29

Samuel Daniel Quote: “Beauty, sweet love, is like the…”

Beauty, sweet love, is like the morning dew, Whose short refresh upon tender green, Cheers for a time, but till the sun doth show And straight is gone, as it had never been.

October 24, 2021 1562, English, Quotes by Poets, Samuel Daniel

Horace Quote: “A shoe that is too large…”

A shoe that is too large is apt to trip one, and when too small, to pinch the feet. So it is with those whose fortune does not suit them.

September 25, 2021 65 BC, Horace, Quotes by Poets, Roman

James Henry Breasted Quote: “But it is obvious that our…”

But it is obvious that our fathers, whose efforts have planted these great and prosperous cities along the once lonely trails of our own broad land, received all the fundamentals of civilization as a heritage from their European ancestors.

September 24, 2021 1865, American, August 27, James Henry Breasted, Quotes by Historians

Albert Camus Quote: “What is a rebel? A man…”

What is a rebel? A man who says no: but whose refusal does not imply a renunciation.

September 21, 2021 1913, Albert Camus, French, November 7, Quotes by Philosophers

Thomas Carlyle Quote: “Happy the people whose annals are…”

Happy the people whose annals are vacant.

September 19, 2021 1795, December 4, Quotes by Philosophers, Scottish, Thomas Carlyle

John Taylor Gatto Quote: “For reasons that are both fair…”

For reasons that are both fair and foul – but mostly for fair reasons – we have come under the domain of a scientific-management system whose ambitions are endless. They want to manage every second of our lives, every expenditure that we make. And the schools are the training ground to create a population that’s easy to manage.

September 12, 2021 1935, American, December 15, John Taylor Gatto, Quotes by Educators

Hernan Cortes Quote: “Among these temples there is one…”

Among these temples there is one which far surpasses all the rest, whose grandeur of architectural details no human tongue is able to describe; for within its precincts, surrounded by a lofty wall, there is room enough for a town of five hundred families.

September 5, 2021 1485, Hernan Cortes, Quotes by Leaders, Spanish

Brenda Hillman Quote: “I have many influences and poets…”

I have many influences and poets whose work I love. My personal canon includes Blake, Keats, Dickinson, Baudelaire, Stevens, Duncan and Barbara Guest – and many living poets as well.

August 28, 2021 1951, American, Brenda Hillman, March 27, Quotes by Poets

Ezra Pound Quote: “The modern artist must live by…”

The modern artist must live by craft and violence. His gods are violent gods. Those artists, so called, whose work does not show this strife, are uninteresting.

August 26, 2021 1885, American, Ezra Pound, October 30, Quotes by Poets

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