Monday, April 29, 2013

Boy in Red Vest, Paul Cézanne. Washington, DC


No great artist sees things as they really are.
If he did, he would cease to be an artist.

~Oscar Wilde.

Friday, April 26, 2013

Venice, J.M.W. Turner, Washington, DC


What is that you express in your eyes? It seems to me
more than all the words I have read in my life.

~Walt Whitman.

Thursday, April 25, 2013

Odalisque, Auguste Renoir, Washington DC


The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude.

~Friedrich Nietzsche.

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

A Corner In A Dance Hall, Henri De Toulouse-Latruec, Washington DC


Between man and woman there is no friendship possible,
There is passion, enmity, worship, love but no friendship.

~Oscar Wilde.

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Sculpture of Vishnu, Washington, DC

 

Three things can not long be hidden:
the sun, the moon, and the truth.

~Buddha.


Monday, April 22, 2013

Astoria Column, Astoria, OR


The only good is knowledge, and the only evil is ignorance.

~Herodotus.

Friday, April 19, 2013

Sun Studios, Memphis, TN


"I don't know anything about music.
In my line you don't have to".

Elvis Presley.

 

 

Thursday, April 18, 2013

Chain Rock, Pineville, KY


Everyone is kneaded from the same dough,
but not baked in the same oven.

~Yiddish Proverb.

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Spirit of St. Louis, Washington, DC


All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.

~Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Jefferson Memorial, Washington, DC


When angry, count to ten before you speak.
If very angry, count to one hundred.

~Thomas Jefferson.

Monday, April 15, 2013

Ford Theatre, Washington, DC


If this is coffee, please bring me some tea;
but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee.

 ~Abraham Lincoln.

Friday, April 12, 2013

Mayan Moon Calendar, Washington, DC


Ignorant men raise questions that wise men
 answered thousand of years ago.

 ~Goethe.

Thursday, April 11, 2013

Comberland Gap, KY,TN,VA.


The woods are lovely, dark, and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.

~Robert Frost.

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Parthenon, Memphis, TN


Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.

~Chinese Proverb.

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Mississipi River, Hannibal, MO


It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people
think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

~Mark Twain.

Monday, April 8, 2013

Cats on the wall, Astoria OR


You've learned enough to take the view
That cats are very much like you.

~Song Lyrics.

Friday, April 5, 2013

Jesse James Farm, Kearney, MO


Well, Jesse had a wife to mourn for his life,
three children, they were brave,
well that little dirty coward that shot Mr. Howard,
has laid poor Jesse James in his grave.

~Folk song.

Thursday, April 4, 2013

Lorraine Motel, Memphis, TN


I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color 
of their skin, but by the content of their character.

~Martin Luther King, Jr.

Wednesday, April 3, 2013