Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

Helen Adams Keller: (Tuscumbia, Alabama, 27 June 1880 – Westport, Connecticut, 1 June 1968). American writer and linguist. When she was 19 months old, she became deaf and blind as a result of an illness. With the help of her teacher Anne Sullivan (1866-1936), she learned to communicate using the finger alphabet, spelling words in… Lees verder Helen Keller

Henri Émile Benoît Matisse: (Le Cateau-Cambrésis, 31 December 1869 – Cimiez, near Nice, 3 November 1954). French painter, graphic artist and sculptor. Along with Pablo Picasso, he is remembered as one of the most influential and innovative artists of the 20th century. I think there is nothing more difficult for a truly creative painter than… Lees verder Henri Matisse

Gary Edward “Garrison” Keillor: (born August 7, 1942). American author, singer, humorist, voice actor, and radio personality. He created the Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) show A Prairie Home Companion (called Garrison Keillor’s Radio Show in some international syndication), which he hosted from 1974 to 2016. Keillor created the fictional Minnesota town Lake Wobegon, the setting… Lees verder Garrison Keillor

Maxine: Stage name of Gonny Buurmeester. (Rotterdam, 14 October 1970). Dutch singer who became known thanks to her participation in the Eurovision Song Contest. She initially performed under the name Bojana. Maxine spent her childhood in Rotterdam and moved to Breda later in life. Music and singing have always played an important role in her… Lees verder Maxine

Michael “Marsh” Marshall: (born 13 August 1983). British skeptical activist and the editor of The Skeptic magazine since September 2020. He is the co-founder and vice-president of the Merseyside Skeptics Society and co-host of its official podcast, Skeptics with a K, project director of the Good Thinking Society, and has occasionally written for The Times,… Lees verder Michaël Marshall

Karl Theodor Jaspers: (Oldenburg, February 23, 1883 – Basel, February 26, 1969). Swiss psychiatrist who achieved international fame as a philosopher. He was born in Germany. His father was a lawyer, and his mother worked in an agricultural cooperative. Jaspers was one of the most prominent representatives of existential philosophy, which he strictly distinguished from… Lees verder Karl Jaspers

Edmund Waller: (Coleshill, Buckinghamshire, 3 March 1606 – Beaconsfield, 21 October 1687). English poet and politician. Edmund Waller was born into a well-to-do family. He received his education at Eton College and at King’s College of the University of Cambridge. Already at the age of 16, he was elected MP, where he developed into an… Lees verder Edmund Waller

Jacque Fresco: (Brooklyn, March 13, 1916 – Sebring, Florida, May 18, 2017). American industrial designer, author, inventor, futurologist and founder of The Venus Project. He started his professional career as a design consultant for Rotor Craft Helicopter Company. He served in the Army at the Design and Development Unit at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in… Lees verder Jacque Fresco

Horses make a landscape beautiful. Fiction is such a world of freedom, it’s wonderful. If you want someone to fly, they can fly. A writer’s heart, a poet’s heart, an artist’s heart, a musician’s heart is always breaking. It is through that broken window that we see the world.            … Lees verder Alice Walker

Henry Nicholson Ellacombe: (1822–1916). British plantsman and author on botany and gardening. Ellacombe, the son of Henry Thomas Ellacombe, was born at Bitton, Gloucestershire in 1822. He attended Bath Grammar School and Oriel College, Oxford, graduating in 1844. In 1847 he was ordained and spent a year as a curate at Sudbury, Derbyshire, before returning… Lees verder Henry N. Ellacombe