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ότι έφαγα
τα δαμάσκηνα
που ήταν
στο ψυγείο
και που
μάλλον
φύλαγες
για πρωινό
συγχώρησέ με
ήταν ζουμερά
τόσο γλυκά
και τόσο κρύα.
William Carlos Williams
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"William Butler Yeats," John Singer Sargent, 1907.
Y'all know Sargent, the great society portraitist, by now.
In the early 1900s, Sargent was at the height of his fame, but also starting to slow down a bit. He'd gone hither and yon doing portraits of anybody who was anybody, and had weathered the "Madame X" scandal, and had continued to work at a prolific pace. But soon after this portrait (a commission, to be the frontispiece to a collection of Yeats' poetry), he officially closed his London studio and slowed down significantly....but still painted, almost up until his passing in 1925.
Yeats (1865-1913) was an Irish poet, playwright, and critic who was one of the great figures of 20th century literature. He co-founded Dublin's Abbey Theatre, was the driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival, was an Irish Nationalist, and received the 1923 Nobel Prize for Literature.
Although he was in his 40s when this was drawn, he looks quite young. Yeats was known to be fussy about his appearance, and to cultivate a Boho image; perhaps Sargent was being flattering. But spare charcoal-on-paper style works wonderfully.
Happy Portrait Monday!
From a private collection.
William Butler Yeats
„Was ist Anmut anderes als Flucht vor dem Mechanismus? Insofern die Welt vom Kampf der Interessen beherrscht wird, ist sie ein Mechanismus. Die Zeitung ist das Rattern der Maschine. Sobald es darum geht, recht zu haben, werden Argumente zum Widerstreit von Interessen. Man sollte, vor allem in Büchern, die nach Unsterblichkeit dürsten, überhaupt keine Argumente vertreten, wenn man nicht bereit ist, den offenbaren Sieg einem anderen zu überlassen. Im täglichen Leben wird man in dem Augenblick ungezogen, wo man dem Clown seinen ständigen Triumph missgönnt.“
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William Butler Yeats
Alle leeren Seelen neigen zu extremen Ansichten,
The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.
-- William Butler Yeats
Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.
-- William Butler Yeats
Education is not filling a bucket but lighting a fire.
-- William Butler Yeats
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„Reiter, wirf einen kalten Blick auf das Leben, auf den Tod“
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