Ernst Gombrich book A Little History of the World
Source: A Little History of the World (2005), p. 276.
"I'm Designer", Era Vulgaris (2007)
Lyrics, Queens of the Stone Age
Ernst Gombrich book A Little History of the World
Source: A Little History of the World (2005), p. 276.
Henri Matisse (1869–1954) French artist
original version in French: Je vous répéterai ce que je disais naguère à Guillaume Apollinaire: "Je n'ai, pour ma part, jamais évité l'influence des autres, j'aurais considéré cela comme une lâcheté et un manque de sincérité vis-à-vis de moi-même."
'Interview with Henri Matisse' by Jacques Guenne, in 'L'Art Vivant' (15 September 1925)
1920s
Naruhito (1960) Emperor of Japan since 2019
Source: "Japan marks 76th anniversary of WWII surrender with emperor expressing "deep remorse" over wartime atrocities" in Xinhua http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/asiapacific/2021-08/15/c_1310128713.htm (15 August 2021)
Samuel R. Delany book Neveryóna
Source: Neveryóna (1983), Chapter 12, “Of Models, Monsters, Night, and the Numinous” (p. 367)
“I don't want to repeat my innocence. I want the pleasure of losing it again.”
F. Scott Fitzgerald book This Side of Paradise
Source: This Side of Paradise
James Joyce (1882–1941) Irish novelist and poet
Notes (1913) http://www.robotwisdom.com/jaj/exiles.html#notes made by Joyce for his play Exiles
“Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a Republican. But I repeat myself.”
Harry Truman (1884–1972) American politician, 33rd president of the United States (in office from 1945 to 1953)