"Art is the most beautiful of all lies." - Claude Debussy. Explore the artistry of Japan through the Japanese Patterns Colouring Book by Frances Whitaker. Let each page transport you to serene landscapes and tranquil designs, while you express yourself with every stroke. Buy now: https://calibrebooks.com/downloads/japanese-patterns-colouring-book/
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Friedrich Nietzsche on Gratitude & Art Writing Prompt
Gratitude Writing Prompt Quotes We Like…
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«Ahimè, l'infranto core
più reggere non può!
Se qui rimango, esanime
a’piedi suoi cadrò, cadrò!»
— Luisa in Giuseppe Verdi’s opera Luisa Miller
(Alas, the broken heart cannot hold any longer! If I remain here, I shall fall lifeless at his feet!)
🎨 Blessings in Disguise, Arthur Hughes,1869
« Je me suis réveillée toute contente parce que
c’était un rêve, et quand j’ai su que c’était vrai,
que j’étais seule, que je n’avais pas la tête sur
ton cou, j’ai senti que je ne pouvais pas vivre. »
— Elle in Francis Poulenc’s opera La voix humaine
(I woke up all happy because it was a dream, and when I realized it was true, that I was alone, that I didn't have my head on your neck, I felt I couldn't live.)
🎨 Poster, S.R. Grieser, 2016
„Solche hergelauf’ne Laffen
Die nur nach den Weibern gaffen,
Mag ich vor den Teufel nicht.“
—Osmin in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera „Die Entführung aus dem Serail“
(Such popinjays sprung up from nowhere, who do nothing but ogle women, I can't put up with them for the devil.)
🎨 Azija. Mihael Stroj, 1871
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«Bella figlia dell’amore
schiavo son de’ vezzi tuoi;
con un detto sol tu puoi le mie pene,
le mie pene consolar!»
— Duca di Mantova to Maddalena in Giuseppe Verdi's opera Rigoletto
(Lovely daughter of love, slave am I to thy charms; With one utterance alone you could comfort my pain!)
🎨 The Ill Matched Couple. Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1522
«Con noi nacque quella face che ci piace e ci consola;
e potrà la morte sola far che cangi affetto il cor.»
– from Fiordiligi’s aria «Come scoglio» in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s opera Così fan tutte
(In us was born that light that pleases and consoles us; And death alone will be able to make the heart change affection.)
🎨 Sappho. Auguste Charles Mengin, 1877
#operaQuote #artQuote #nudityInArt #opera #mozart #CosìFanTutte
«E muoio disperato!
E non ho amato mai tanto la vita!»
— Mario Cavaradossi's aria «E lucevan le stelle» from Giacomo Puccini's opera «Tosca»
(And I die desperate! And never have I loved life so much!)
🎨 Woman in the Night Garden. Drew McSherry, 2018
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