The great fun in my life has been getting up every morning and rushing to the typewriter because some new idea has hit me. (Ray Bradbury) Today (23rd June, 2018) is Typewriter Day, which celebrates this humble mechanical device and the amazing pieces of literature it has brought to us over the decades. Typewriters… Read More Typewriter Day
Today marks the anniversary of the day the Inquisition condemned Galileo Galilei in 1633. By the end of his trial, the Italian astronomer and physicist was forced to recant his own scientific findings as “abjured, cursed and detested,” and to proclaim that the Earth did not revolve around the sun. This renunciation,… Read More Galileo’s Recanting (22/6/1633)
Françoise Sagan – écrivaine française – (21 juin 1935 – 2004) 3 citations: Aimer, ce n’est pas seulement “aimer bien” ; c’est surtout comprendre La culture, c’est comme la confiture, moins on en a, plus on l’étale. L’intelligence sans bonté est une arme bien dangereuse. Amare non è solo “voler bene”, è soprattutto… Read More Françoise Sagan
Blaise Pascal (19 juin 1623 – 1662) mathématicien and philosophe français. “Il n’y a que deux sortes d’hommes: les uns justes, qui se croient pécheurs; les autres pécheurs, qui se croient justes” “Ci sono solo due categorie di uomini: i giusti che si credono peccatori, e i peccatori che si credono giusti.” “There are only… Read More Blaise Pascal
… today (18th June, 2018) is International Picnic Day. The word “picnic” comes from the French language, and it became popular pastime in France after the Revolution (1789,) when royal parks became open to the public for the first time. The term derives from pique-nique, used to describe a group of people dining… Read More Life is no picnic, but….
Maurits Cornelis Escher (17 giugno 1898 –27 marzo 1972) incisore e grafico olandese è noto per la sua produzione visionaria, tesa a presentare costruzioni impossibili, esplorazioni dell’infinito, motivi a geometrie interconnesse che passano attraverso una serie infinita di “metamorfosi”. I suoi «mondi impossibili» sono il tentativo di rappresentare artisticamente gli stravolgimenti attuati da… Read More M. C. Escher
William Butler Yeats was born in Sandymount – Dublin – on June 13th, 1865 He wrote “To a Young Girl” for Iseult Gunne, the adopted daughter of his beloved Maud. It is a beautiful love poem that sums up the story of the poet’s passionate devotion to her mother and it ideally unites… Read More Yeats: “To a Young Girl”
On June June 13, 1888 : Fernando Pessoa was born exactly 130 years ago. “We never love anyone. What we love is the idea we have of someone. It’s our own concept – our own selves – that we love.” (“The Book… Read More Fernando Pessoa
Today is the anniversary of Anna Frank’s birth (12 June 1929). Here are some of her words: “What is done cannot be undone, but one can prevent it happening again.” “I can shake off everything as I write; my sorrows disappear, my courage is reborn.” “Dead people receive more flowers than the living ones because… Read More Anne Frank
William Styron – novelist – (11 Jun 1925-2006) “Maybe that’s the key to happiness—being sort of dumb, not wanting to know any of the answers.” “Forse questa è la chiave della felicità – essere un po’ stupidi e non voler conoscere le risposte”
