That which is static and repetitive is boring. That which is dynamic and random is confusing. In between lies art. John A. Locke What I dream of is an art of balance. Henri Matisse, O Magazine, April 2003
French Impressionist & Fauvist painter (1869 - 1954) A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it; or offer your own version in return. Salman Rushdie, O Magazine, April 2003
British (Indian-born) author (1947 - ) Reading well is one of the great pleasures that solitude can afford you. Harold Bloom, O Magazine, April 2003
US author, critic, educator, & scholar (1930 - ) Read not to contradict and confute…nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. Sir Francis Bacon, O Magazine, April 2003
English author, courtier, & philosopher (1561 - 1626) If we take care of the moments, the years will take care of themselves. Maria Edgeworth, O Magazine, April 2004 The whole life of man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it. Plutarch
Greek biographer & moralist (46 AD - 120 AD) This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it. Ralph Waldo Emerson
US essayist & poet (1803 - 1882) A single day is enough to make us a little larger. Paul Klee
Swiss Abstractionist painter (1879 - 1940) Regret for wasted time is more wasted time. Mason Cooley, O Magazine, April 2004 | 
