Francisco Goya, The Shipwreck, 1794 …be driven off course by the waves.And may the Thracians with topknots give a warm reception in Salmydessus –and he will experience unspeakable suffering,dining on the bread of slavery –naked and stiff with cold.May seaweed cover him in the billow,his teeth chattering, and lie on his muzzlelike a dog in infinite …
Felice Casorati, Platonic conversation, 1925 We do not know each other. I think of those days when, lost in time, we met, of our regrettable intimacy. We have always left each other without goodbyes, with regrets and excuses from far away. We indeed respected each other at pace, cautious beasts, skilled hunters, to act laboriously …
Attributed to Marco D’Oggiono, Holy Infants Kissing (After Leonardo), c. 1500 Do not keep to yourself the secret of your heart, my friend! Say it to me, only to me, in secret. You who smile so gently, softly whisper, my heart will hear it, not my ears. The night is deep, the house is silent, …
David Bailly, Self-Portrait with Vanitas Symbols, 1651 Le mie amiche sono tutte gobbe: adorano la loro madre. I miei amici animali son tutti vincolanti, hanno piedi di mobile e mani di finestra. Il vento si sforma, gli serve un abito su misura, smisurato. Ecco perchè dico la verità pur senza dirla. Do you know this …
François Boucher, An Autumn Pastoral, 1763 I am alone amidst the trees at the lake’s edge, I live in friendship with the shore’s old firs and in secret understanding with all the young rowans. Alone I lie and wait, I have seen no one walk by. Great flowers look down on me from tall stems, …
Paul Gauguin, Parau Api (What’s news?), 1892 Stop wishing to be entitled to anything from anyone or thinking that anyone is able to become grateful. All things are unappreciated, it is not profitable to have done anything with kindness, on the contrary it is tiring and even more harmful; as it is to me, whom …
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