Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi: (Sanskrit: महर्षि महेश योगी ,maharṣi maheśa yogī) (Chichli, Madhya Pradesh, India, 12 January 1918 – Vlodrop, the Netherlands, 5 February 2008) Founder of transcendental meditation, a technique learned by more than 10 million people worldwide. Don’t fight darkness. Bring the light, and darkness will disappear.      

Yves Montand: Born as Ivo Livi. (Monsummano Terme, Tuscany, Italy, 13 October 1921 – Senlis, France, 9 November 1991) French actor and singer of Italian origin. There are those who dream with their eyes open and those who live with their eyes closed.  

Ward Ruyslinck: Pseudonym of Raymond Charles Marie De Belser. (Berchem, 17 June 1929 – Meise, 3 October 2014) Flemish writer. I didn’t care that I would dream terribly, because even if you kept your eyes open you were constantly living in an oppressive dream.    

Henri-Floris Jespers: (Etterbeek, 6 October 1944 – Antwerp, 9 April 2017) Flemish writer and editor. He was the grandson of expressionist painter Floris Jespers. The world is full of motionless objects waiting for an artist to blossom into dreams.

Thomas Lanier Williams III: (March 26, 1911 – February 25, 1983). Known by his pen name Tennessee Williams, was an American playwright and screenwriter. Along with contemporaries Eugene O’Neill and Arthur Miller, he is considered among the three foremost playwrights of 20th-century American drama. Has it ever struck you that life is all memory, except… Lees verder Tennessee Williams

Marc Callewaert: Antwerp-based cultural journalist and art critic. (°1921-†2004). He wanted to make few popular art forms acceptable and until 1961 was one of the driving forces of G58, the avant-garde group from Antwerp that managed to turn the Hessenhuis into a buzzing cultural centre avant-la-lettre, a space for artists to explore their possibilities and… Lees verder Marc Callewaert

Mr. Constantius Bake: Pseudonym: Mr Constantijn Dutch lawyer, attorney and man of letters. 1856 – 1936   Niets is schadelijker voor het gezag dan misbruik van het gezag; niets is schadelijker voor de vrijheid dan misbruik van vrijheid.

Paul Brulat: (Born: Saint-Jean-de-Muzola, Ardèche, France, 26 May 1866 – Died: Le Chesnay, Yvelines, France, 30 June 1940). French writer and journalist. Our unhappiness often comes from the realisation of the dreams we have loved most dearly.

Hunter Stockton Thompson: (Louisville, 18 July 1937 – Woody Creek, (Colorado), 20 February 2005) American journalist and writer who used the pseudonym Raoul Duke, among others. He is considered a representative of New Journalism; he himself called it gonzo journalism.     Hope rises and dreams flicker and die. Love plans for tomorrow and loneliness… Lees verder Hunter Stockton Thompson

Wieslaw Leon Brudziński: Pseudonyms: Antoni Nurski, Górzanka; Oset; Widza; Polak Mały (ghost); Trzmiel. (born 20 February 1920 in Łódź, died 20 March 1996) Polish satirist, aphorist, journalist.   Big dreams: I don’t know any that don’t end at the crack of dawn.