Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

Roger van de Velde: (Boom 13 February 1925 – Antwerp 30 May 1970) Flemish writer. He was the son of Jan Frans van de Velde, wine merchant, and Maria Callaert. He married Rosa Verboven in 1947. He was a journalist for the Nieuwe Gazet and also published in the youth magazines Arsenaal and Nieuw Gewas.… Lees verder Roger van de Velde

José de Sousa Saramago: (Azinhaga, 16 November 1922 – Lanzarote, 18 June 2010) One of the most important Portuguese contemporary writers. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1998. Around age 50, Saramago began writing the novels that would eventually gain an international reputation. No human being can achieve all he or she desires… Lees verder José Saramago

Jean Antoine Petit-Senn: (born 6 April 1792 in Geneva – died 10 March 1870 in Chêne-Bourg, Geneva) aka John Petit-Senn, was a Swiss novelist, poet, singer, editor and politician. As for joy, friendship lives off her interest and love her capital. Political friendship is often communal hatred. People often claim to understand some things more… Lees verder Jean Antoine Petit-Senn

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.