If you want to make an apple pie
from scratch,
you must first
create the universe.
~
Carl Sagan
To draw,
you must close your eyes and sing.
~ Pablo Picasso
Flattery won't hurt you
if you don't swallow it.
~ Kin Hubbard
~ Kin Hubbard
Paul
Cézanne
Self-Portrait, 1878-80
The
Phillips Collection
On exhibit at the Denver Art Museum
Paul Cézanne
It is almost touching to see him confirm how intense and incorruptible
he could be in his observation by portraying himself with such objectivity,
without remotely apologizing for his looks or condescending to them, with
the good faith and concern for the simple facts exhibited by a dog who
sees himself in the mirror and thinks: there's another dog.
Rainer
Maria Rilke, 1907
November 9, 2003