In Washington’s Good Company
“It is better to be alone than in bad company.” —George Washington (1732–1799) A great fan of sculptural art that I am, here is an off-the-beaten path tribute to the […]
Tag Archives: Sculpture
Lincoln, Standing in New York
“With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we […]
Adam, His Fall and Rise
“And unto Adam He said, ‘Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not […]
Labor’s Victory: Paid Vacation and the Man who Made it Possible
“What a stormful sunset was that of last night! How glorious the storm, and how splendid the setting of the sun! We do not remember ever having seen the like […]
Sugar, Its Bitter and Sweet Sides
“Everything is a miracle. It is a miracle that one does not dissolve in one’s bath like a lump of sugar.” —Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) In 1843 the sugar cube, a.k.a. […]
Seeing Something New in the Village
“Art is a habit-forming drug, that’s all it is, for the collector, for the artist, for anybody connected with art.” —Marcel Duchamp (1887–1968) I must say that I agree with […]
Hunting Easter Eggs
“Goldsmith by special appointment to the Imperial Court” —the position given to Carl Fabergé and his company Fabergé was awarded his prestigious position following the enormous success of his jeweled […]
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