Reads tagged with “history”
Pioneering Early-Twentieth-Century Artist and Creative Entrepreneur Wanda Gág on Our Two Selves and How Love Lays Its Claim on Us
“There is nothing better for us to do than to take ourselves as we find ourselves and make the best of ourselves.”
Roald Dahl on How Illness Emboldens Creativity: A Moving Letter to His Bedridden Mentor
“I doubt I would have written a line … unless some minor tragedy had sort of twisted my mind out of the normal rut.”
E.B. White on How to Write for Children and the Writer’s Responsibility to All Readers
“Anyone who writes down to children is simply wasting his time. You have to write up, not down.”
The Best LGBT Children’s Books: A Sweet and Assuring Celebration of Diversity and Difference
From Maurice Sendak to the real-life story of a gay penguin family, by way of grandmothers and kings.
The Nature and Nurture of Genius: The Sweet Illustrated Story of How Henri Matisse’s Childhood Shaped His Creative Legacy
A heartening testament to the nourishing power of parental love in the cultivation of greatness.
Kafka’s Remarkable Letter to His Abusive and Narcissistic Father
“It is, after all, not necessary to fly right into the middle of the sun, but it is necessary to crawl to a clean little spot on earth where the sun sometimes shines and one can warm oneself a little.”
26-Year-Old Frida Kahlo’s Compassionate Letter to 46-Year-Old Georgia O’Keeffe
“I would like to tell you every thing that happened to me since the last time we saw each other, but most of them are sad and you mustn’t know sad things now.”
The Artist’s Reality: Mark Rothko’s Little-Known Writings on Art, Artists, and What the Notion of Plasticity Reveals about Storytelling
“While the authority of the doctor or plumber is never questioned, everyone deems himself a good judge and an adequate arbiter of what a work of art should be and how it should be done.”
Mozart’s Magnificent Love Letter to His Wife
“If people could see into my heart I should almost feel ashamed.”
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