Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality, but an escape from personality. But, of course, only those who have personality and emotions know what it means to want to escape from these things.
I never dreamed I would have a job in which so many people could touch me and I could touch them.
Robert Adams, Photographer (1937) |
Katy B, Musician (1989) |
Leonard Bailey, Inventor (1825) |
Romain Gary, Novelist (1914) |
Melissa Gilbert, Actress (1964) |
Jean Giraud, Artist (1938) |
Gary Glitter, Musician (1944) |
Alex Van Halen, Musician (1953) |
Enrique Iglesias, Musician (1975) |
Keith Jarrett, Composer (1945) |
Bram Fischer, Lawyer (1975) |
Gustave Flaubert, Novelist (1880) |
Ludovic Halevy, Author (1908) |
Antoine Lavoisier, Scientist (1794) |