"We ought to view ourselves with the same curiosity and openness with which we study a tree, the sky or a thought, because we too are linked to the entire universe."
🎨 #HenriMatisse, French painter, #DOTD 3 November 1954. #Art #Painting
🎨 #HenriMatisse, French painter, #DOTD 3 November 1954. #Art #Painting
November 3, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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#OneHitHistory A day to remember former Velvet Underground frontman & rock and roll icon Lou Reed, who #DOTD in 2013. In 1973, Lou had his only US #Billboard #Top40 hit when “Walk On The Wild Side” spent 8 weeks on the chart, peaking at #16. #LouReed #OneHitWondered
1973 HITS ARCHIVE: Walk On The Wild Side - Lou Reed (stereo 45 single version)
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October 27, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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October 31, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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"The artist, no less than the writer, needs a vocabulary before he can embark on a "copy" of reality.
🎨 #ErnstGombrich, Austrian-born #art historian and author (The Story of Art), #DOTD 3 November 2001. #ArtHistory #History
🎨 #ErnstGombrich, Austrian-born #art historian and author (The Story of Art), #DOTD 3 November 2001. #ArtHistory #History
November 3, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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#GURDJIEFF ( #DOTD 1949) ON THE MAGUS
“The highest aim of man is to be cunning. The magus is cunning. The magus is the highest that man can approach to God, because only he can be impartial and fulfill obligation to God. In old times the magus was always made chief because he had cunning.
“The highest aim of man is to be cunning. The magus is cunning. The magus is the highest that man can approach to God, because only he can be impartial and fulfill obligation to God. In old times the magus was always made chief because he had cunning.
October 29, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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October 28, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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#DOTD: Cha Leung-yung/Zha Liangyong 查良鏞, better known as Jin Yong #金庸 (1924–2018), #Chinese best-selling author of #martialarts novels #武俠 #小說 with "over 100 million copies ... sold worldwide (not including an unknown number of pirated copies)." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jin_Yong
October 30, 2025 at 5:54 AM
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"Wha the deil hae we got for a King,
But a wee, wee German lairdie!"
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✒️ #AllanCunningham, Scottish poet and author, #DOTD 30 October 1842. #Poetry #Literature
But a wee, wee German lairdie!"
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✒️ #AllanCunningham, Scottish poet and author, #DOTD 30 October 1842. #Poetry #Literature
October 30, 2025 at 4:43 AM
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#DOTD: Chen Wangdao 陳望道 (1891–1977), linguist, lexicologist, literary critic, president of Fudan University 復旦大學, and Chinese translator of the Communist Manifesto. He was chief editor of the 2nd, rev. ed. of the encyclopaedia Cihai 辭海 (Ocean of Words, pub. 1979).
October 29, 2025 at 4:22 AM
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"It is much more exquisite to be blown from the tree as a flower than to be shaken down as a shriveled and bitter fruit."
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✒ #ZoëAkins, American author, poet, and playwright, #DOTD 29 October 1958. #Poetry #Theatre
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✒ #ZoëAkins, American author, poet, and playwright, #DOTD 29 October 1958. #Poetry #Theatre
October 29, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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#OneHitHistory A day to remember Grateful Dead bassist & co-founding member, Phil Lesh, who #DOTD in 2024… The American pioneering rock legends had 1 US #Billboard #Top40 hit, "Touch Of Grey," during their long & illustrious career... earning the band US #OneHitWonder honors. #OneHitWondered
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October 25, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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October 26, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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Voted for Driver of the Day and have never been more certain than when I clicked on Ollie Bearman today. #MexicanGP #F1 #DotD
October 26, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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"No poet will ever take the written word as a substitute for the spoken word; he knows that it is on the spoken word, and the spoken word only, that his art is founded."
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✒️ #LascellesAbercrombie, English poet and critic, #DOTD 27 Oct 1938 #Poetry
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✒️ #LascellesAbercrombie, English poet and critic, #DOTD 27 Oct 1938 #Poetry
October 27, 2025 at 4:35 AM
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#OneHitHistory A day to remember English musician Kim Gardner, who #DOTD in 2001. The London-born bassist came up through mid-’60s mod/beat circles, logging early stints with The (British) Birds (with Ronnie Wood) and The Creation… Of course, he did earn US #OneHitWonder honors, too! #OneHitWondered
October 24, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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“The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.”
(The Parliament of Birds)
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✒️Geoffrey #Chaucer, English poet and author of "The Canterbury Tales," #DOTD 25 October 1400. #Poetry #Literature
(The Parliament of Birds)
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✒️Geoffrey #Chaucer, English poet and author of "The Canterbury Tales," #DOTD 25 October 1400. #Poetry #Literature
October 25, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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The legendary Vincent Price, #DOTD in 1993 💖
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October 25, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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⚒ #ErnstBarlach, German expressionist sculptor, printmaker, author, and playwright, #DOTD 24 October 1938. #Sculpture
October 24, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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The stunning Maureen O'Hara, #DOTD in 2015 💖💚
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October 24, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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#OneHitHistory A day to remember Aussie musician/songwriter & producer George Young, who #DOTD in 2017. In 1967, as a member of The Easybeats, George earned US #OneHitWonder honors when “Friday On My Mind” spent 8 weeks on the #Billboard #Top40, peaking at #16. #TheEasybeats #OneHitWondered
1967 HITS ARCHIVE: Friday On My Mind - Easybeats (mono)
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October 22, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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Very fortunate to visit Aix and Paul Cézanne’s world in July. #DOTD
October 22, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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“Chance is perhaps the pseudonym of God when he does not want to sign.”
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✒️ #ThéophileGautier, French writer, dramatist, poet, and #art critic, #DOTD 23 October 1872. #Poetry #History
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✒️ #ThéophileGautier, French writer, dramatist, poet, and #art critic, #DOTD 23 October 1872. #Poetry #History
October 23, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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