_Arts

History may clarify our understanding of the supreme work of art, but can never account for it completely; for the Time of art is not the same as the Time of history. - André Malraux (1901-1976)

Flaming June, by Frederic Lord Leighton (1830-1896) Artist Frederic Leighton (1830–1896) Title English: Flaming June. Español: Junio flameante. Français : June flamboyante. Italiano: Avvampante giugno. 日本語: フレイミング・ジューン. Português: Sol ardente de junho Slovenčina: Žeravý jún. Date ~1895 Medium oil on canvas Dimensions 120.6 × 120.6 cm (47 3/8 × 47 3/8 in) Current location Museum of Art of Ponce, Ponce, Puerto Rico Source/Photographer Artrenewal.org : notice : image Licensing This work is in the public domain in the United States, and those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 100 years or less. From Wikimedia Commons http://commons.wikimedia.org/

I thought I would dress in baggy pants, big shoes, a cane and a derby hat. everything a contradiction: the pants baggy, the coat tight, the hat small and the shoes large. - Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977)

Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects such as wickerwork picnic baskets. Imagination without skill gives us modern art. - Tom Stoppard (1937- )