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Very few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to irritate the situation by making an effort. If you have a burning, restless urge to write or paint, simply eat something sweet and the feeling will pass.
Let us come to the philosophers, whose authority is of greater weight, and their judgment more to be relied on, because they are believed to have paid attention, not to matters of fiction, but to the investigation of the truth.
William Maxwell Aitken, Businessman (1879) |
Alastair Campbell, Journalist (1957) |
Dixie Carter, Actor (1939) |
Bennett Cerf, Journalist (1898) |
Hal David, Musician (1921) |
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Poet (1803) |
Tom T. Hall, Musician (1936) |
Yahya Jammeh, Politician (1965) |
Janis Karpinski, Soldier (1953) |
Jamie Kennedy, Actor (1970) |
Pedro Calderon De La Barca, Dramatist (1681) |
Robert Capa, Photographer (1954) |
Leonora Carrington, Artist (2011) |
Desmond Dekker, Musician (2006) |
Graham Kennedy, Entertainer (2005) |