Protima Bedi (1948–1998) Indian model and dancer
On her first experience and fascination for Odissi dance quoted in "I have been a hippie all my life".
Interview with Arts Brooksfield(16 October 2014) https://www.facebook.com/artsBrookfield/photos/a.100993377692.102500.97825917692/10152291198457693/ <br class="br">2014
Protima Bedi (1948–1998) Indian model and dancer
On her first experience and fascination for Odissi dance quoted in "I have been a hippie all my life".
Samuel Pepys (1633–1703) English naval administrator and member of parliament
September 29, 1662
Diary
“I saw that my life was a vast glowing empty page and I could do anything I wanted.”
Jack Kerouac book The Dharma Bums
The Dharma Bums (1958)
Mitski (1990) Japanese-American singer-songwriter
On Mitski’s epiphany regarding her musical abilities after writing her first song in “Taking All Of Mitski” in Impose https://www.imposemagazine.com/features/mitski-interview <br class="br">Music and songwriting
Mary Cassatt (1844–1926) American painter and printmaker
Quote, c. 1875; as cited by Nancy Mowll Mathews, in Mary Cassatt: A Life, Yale University Press, New Haven, 1998, p. 114 - ISBN 978-0-585-36794-1
Cassatt admired Edgar Degas, whose pastels had made a powerful impression on her when she encountered them in an art dealer's window in Paris, 1875
Homi J. Bhabha (1909–1966) 1909-1966, Indian nuclear physicist
As quoted in the "Homi Jehangir Bhabha" profile at the Vigyan Prasar Science Portal http://www.vigyanprasar.gov.in/scientists/bhabha/BHABHANEW.HTM <br class="br">Context: I know quite clearly what I want out of my life. Life and my emotions are the only things I am conscious of. I love the consciousness of life and I want as much of it as I can get. But the span of one's life is limited. What comes after death no one knows. Nor do I care. Since, therefore, I cannot increase the content of life by increasing its duration, I will increase it by increasing its intensity. Art, music, poetry and everything else … I do have this one purpose — increasing the intensity of my consciousness of life.
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880–1938) German painter, sculptor, engraver and printmaker
Kirchner had been inspired by movement and trains his whole life. He painted a. o. 'Nollendorfplatz' in West Berlin https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ernst_Ludwig_Kirchner_-_Nollendorfplatz.jpg - it was one of the stops on the first electrical tram (Straßenbahn) in 1896, according to 'Lexicon der Berliner Stadtentwicklung'. Berlin, 2002. The Underground (Untergrundbahn) followed in 1902, also with a stop at 'Nollendorfplatz' <br class="br">undated <br class="br">Source: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner: ein Künstlerleben in Selbstzeugnissen, Andreas Gabelmann; Hatje Cantz Verlag, Ostfildern, Germany 2010, p. 17 (transl. Claire Albiez)
“I never saw so many shocking bad hats in my life.”
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769–1852) British soldier and statesman
When asked what he thought of the first Reformed Parliament, as quoted in Words on Wellington (1889) by Sir William Fraser, p. 12.
Faith Ringgold (1930) American artist
On the Civil Rights Movement puncturing the image of the American Dream in https://www.theartnewspaper.com/interview/faith-ringgold-discusses-civil-rights-and-children-s-books-ahead-of-solo-serpentine-gallery-show in The Art Newspaper (2019 Jun 5)
Adam Levine (1979) singer, songwriter, actor, and record producer from the United States
On his favorite summer concert
Halperin, Shirley (2004-07-08), "Adam Levine of Maroon 5". Rolling Stone. (952/953):28.