“Quote in Munch's letter (1885); as cited in Edvard Munchs Brev, Familien, Oslo: Tanum, 1949, p. 57”
Edvard Munch (1863–1944) Norwegian painter and printmaker
1880 - 1895
“Almost overnight, Dorothy Parker was transformed from a woman of letters into a gin-soaked quote machine, with a martini in one hand and a dagger in the other. p. xiii”
Dorothy Parker: Complete Broadway, 1918–1923 (2014) https://openlibrary.org/books/OL25758762M/Dorothy_Parker_Complete_Broadway_1918-1923
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Nigel Rees (1944) British writer and broadcaster
with 'I think' obligatory <br class="br">Brewer's Quotations (London: Cassell, 1994), p. x. <br class="br">Adaptation of the original: "The Vagueness Is All" http://www.qunl.com/rees0001.html from Volume 2, Number 2, April 1993 issue of The “Quote... Unquote” Newsletter
El Lissitsky (1890–1941) Soviet artist, designer, photographer, teacher, typographer and architect
statement of Lissitzky, 1924; as quoted by Paul Galvez, in 'Self-Portrait of the Artist as a Monkey-Hand October', Vol. 93, (Summer, 2000), published by The MIT Press, pp. 109-137
1915 - 1925
Rembrandt van Rijn (1606–1669) Dutch 17th century painter and etcher
What Rembrandt is referring to is a little painting he sent Huygens as a gift together with his letter. This quote clarifies Rembrandt's option about the light and distance, necessary for showing his painting and its colors in the right way.
1630 - 1640
Francis Escudero (1969) Filipino politician
2014, Speech: Sponsorship Speech for the FY 2015 National Budget
Kenneth Gärdestad (1948–2018) Swedish song lyricist, architect and lecturer
On constructing the lyrics for Ted Gärdestad's songs, to avoid plosives, such as "Himlen är oskyldigt blå”, as quoted on Kenneth Gärdestad: “Jag vill inte att minnet av Ted förknippas för mycket med hans sjukdom”, Lahti, Gabriella, News55.SE, published on 20 February 2016 (web)
“It was Toto that made Dorothy laugh, and saved her from growing as gray as her other surroundings.”
L. Frank Baum book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900)
Context: It was Toto that made Dorothy laugh, and saved her from growing as gray as her other surroundings. Toto was not gray; he was a little black dog, with long silky hair and small black eyes that twinkled merrily on either side of his funny, wee nose.
Hans Hofmann (1880–1966) American artist
1970s and later
Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling (1775–1854) German philosopher (idealism)
Philosophy and Religion 1804)