"Humanity's legacy of stories and storytelling is the most precious we have. All wisdom is in our stories and songs."
✒️ Remembering #DorisLessing, author and Nobel Laureate (2007), who #DOTD 17 Nov 2013.
Lessing's reaction to her Nobel win: ▶️ youtu.be/vuBODHFBZ8k?si…
✒️ Remembering #DorisLessing, author and Nobel Laureate (2007), who #DOTD 17 Nov 2013.
Lessing's reaction to her Nobel win: ▶️ youtu.be/vuBODHFBZ8k?si…
November 17, 2025 at 1:32 AM
"Humanity's legacy of stories and storytelling is the most precious we have. All wisdom is in our stories and songs."
✒️ Remembering #DorisLessing, author and Nobel Laureate (2007), who #DOTD 17 Nov 2013.
Lessing's reaction to her Nobel win: ▶️ youtu.be/vuBODHFBZ8k?si…
✒️ Remembering #DorisLessing, author and Nobel Laureate (2007), who #DOTD 17 Nov 2013.
Lessing's reaction to her Nobel win: ▶️ youtu.be/vuBODHFBZ8k?si…
"Each day I live in a glass room unless I break it with the thrusting of my senses and pass through the splintered walls to the great landscape."
✒️🎨 #MervynPeake, British writer and illustrator (#Gormenghast books), #DOTD 17 November 1968. #Art #Illustration #Literature
✒️🎨 #MervynPeake, British writer and illustrator (#Gormenghast books), #DOTD 17 November 1968. #Art #Illustration #Literature
November 17, 2025 at 1:31 AM
"Each day I live in a glass room unless I break it with the thrusting of my senses and pass through the splintered walls to the great landscape."
✒️🎨 #MervynPeake, British writer and illustrator (#Gormenghast books), #DOTD 17 November 1968. #Art #Illustration #Literature
✒️🎨 #MervynPeake, British writer and illustrator (#Gormenghast books), #DOTD 17 November 1968. #Art #Illustration #Literature
"Life is a groundless and a shoreless sea; yes, it probably has a bank and sheltered harbors, but you can't get there alive. Life is only on the moving sea, and where the sea ends, life also ends."
✒ #RicardaHuch, German writer and historian, #DOTD 17 November 1947. #History
✒ #RicardaHuch, German writer and historian, #DOTD 17 November 1947. #History
November 17, 2025 at 1:30 AM
"Life is a groundless and a shoreless sea; yes, it probably has a bank and sheltered harbors, but you can't get there alive. Life is only on the moving sea, and where the sea ends, life also ends."
✒ #RicardaHuch, German writer and historian, #DOTD 17 November 1947. #History
✒ #RicardaHuch, German writer and historian, #DOTD 17 November 1947. #History
"He who does not cry out the truth when he knows the truth becomes the accomplice of the liars and falsifiers."
✒ #VictorSerge, Belgian-born Russian revolutionary, novelist, and historian, #DOTD 17 November 1947. #History #Literature
✒ #VictorSerge, Belgian-born Russian revolutionary, novelist, and historian, #DOTD 17 November 1947. #History #Literature
November 17, 2025 at 1:30 AM
"He who does not cry out the truth when he knows the truth becomes the accomplice of the liars and falsifiers."
✒ #VictorSerge, Belgian-born Russian revolutionary, novelist, and historian, #DOTD 17 November 1947. #History #Literature
✒ #VictorSerge, Belgian-born Russian revolutionary, novelist, and historian, #DOTD 17 November 1947. #History #Literature
There once were two ants in Westphalia
Who wanted to go to Australia.
But cursing their feet
In a Belgian street
They gave up the trip as a failya.
✒ #JoachimRingelnatz, German writer and artist, #DOTD 17 November 1934. #Art #Literature
Who wanted to go to Australia.
But cursing their feet
In a Belgian street
They gave up the trip as a failya.
✒ #JoachimRingelnatz, German writer and artist, #DOTD 17 November 1934. #Art #Literature
November 17, 2025 at 1:29 AM
There once were two ants in Westphalia
Who wanted to go to Australia.
But cursing their feet
In a Belgian street
They gave up the trip as a failya.
✒ #JoachimRingelnatz, German writer and artist, #DOTD 17 November 1934. #Art #Literature
Who wanted to go to Australia.
But cursing their feet
In a Belgian street
They gave up the trip as a failya.
✒ #JoachimRingelnatz, German writer and artist, #DOTD 17 November 1934. #Art #Literature
🎨 Sir #CharlesHolroyd, English artist and curator, Director of the #NationalGallery (1906-16), #DOTD 17 November 1917. #Art #Painting
November 17, 2025 at 1:29 AM
🎨 Sir #CharlesHolroyd, English artist and curator, Director of the #NationalGallery (1906-16), #DOTD 17 November 1917. #Art #Painting
"The artist must create a spark before he can make a fire and before art is born, the artist must be ready to be consumed by the fire of his own creation."
⚒ #AugusteRodin, French sculptor, #DOTD 17 November 1917. #Art #Sculpture
⚒ #AugusteRodin, French sculptor, #DOTD 17 November 1917. #Art #Sculpture
November 17, 2025 at 1:28 AM
"The artist must create a spark before he can make a fire and before art is born, the artist must be ready to be consumed by the fire of his own creation."
⚒ #AugusteRodin, French sculptor, #DOTD 17 November 1917. #Art #Sculpture
⚒ #AugusteRodin, French sculptor, #DOTD 17 November 1917. #Art #Sculpture
November 17, 2025 at 1:27 AM
"Would you like to be a brilliant conversationalist? Just give your natural enthusiasm free reign and say whatever comes into your head. Your rashness will be taken for extraordinary courage."
✒ #AlainRenéLesage, French author, #DOTD 17 November 1747. #Literature
✒ #AlainRenéLesage, French author, #DOTD 17 November 1747. #Literature
November 17, 2025 at 1:27 AM
"Would you like to be a brilliant conversationalist? Just give your natural enthusiasm free reign and say whatever comes into your head. Your rashness will be taken for extraordinary courage."
✒ #AlainRenéLesage, French author, #DOTD 17 November 1747. #Literature
✒ #AlainRenéLesage, French author, #DOTD 17 November 1747. #Literature
"Let some holy ambition invade our souls, so that, dissatisfied with mediocrity, we shall eagerly desire the highest things and shall toil with all our strength to obtain them, since we may if we wish."
✒️ #GiovanniPicoDellaMirandola, Italian philosopher, #DOTD 17 Nov 1494.
✒️ #GiovanniPicoDellaMirandola, Italian philosopher, #DOTD 17 Nov 1494.
November 17, 2025 at 1:26 AM
"Let some holy ambition invade our souls, so that, dissatisfied with mediocrity, we shall eagerly desire the highest things and shall toil with all our strength to obtain them, since we may if we wish."
✒️ #GiovanniPicoDellaMirandola, Italian philosopher, #DOTD 17 Nov 1494.
✒️ #GiovanniPicoDellaMirandola, Italian philosopher, #DOTD 17 Nov 1494.
"...now when I look at photos of all the icons I’ve shot... the memories come flooding back and I think: ‘Yeah, I did all right.’”
📸 #TerryONeill, British fashion and celebrity photographer, #DOTD 16 November 2019. #Photography
Iconic Images: iconicimagesgallery.com/collections/...
📸 #TerryONeill, British fashion and celebrity photographer, #DOTD 16 November 2019. #Photography
Iconic Images: iconicimagesgallery.com/collections/...
November 16, 2025 at 2:22 AM
"...now when I look at photos of all the icons I’ve shot... the memories come flooding back and I think: ‘Yeah, I did all right.’”
📸 #TerryONeill, British fashion and celebrity photographer, #DOTD 16 November 2019. #Photography
Iconic Images: iconicimagesgallery.com/collections/...
📸 #TerryONeill, British fashion and celebrity photographer, #DOTD 16 November 2019. #Photography
Iconic Images: iconicimagesgallery.com/collections/...
"Boy, I got vision, and the rest of the world wears bifocals." (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid)
✒ #WilliamGoldman, American screenwriter and author (The Princess Bride), #DOTD 16 November 2018.
✒ #WilliamGoldman, American screenwriter and author (The Princess Bride), #DOTD 16 November 2018.
November 16, 2025 at 2:21 AM
"Boy, I got vision, and the rest of the world wears bifocals." (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid)
✒ #WilliamGoldman, American screenwriter and author (The Princess Bride), #DOTD 16 November 2018.
✒ #WilliamGoldman, American screenwriter and author (The Princess Bride), #DOTD 16 November 2018.
"If all I cared about was me, I could make a million. And that’s what they will never understand."
🎭 Remembering #EdieSedgwick, American actor, #fashion model, and socialite, #DOTD 16 November 1971, aged 28. #Art #Film #Filmmaking
🎭 Remembering #EdieSedgwick, American actor, #fashion model, and socialite, #DOTD 16 November 1971, aged 28. #Art #Film #Filmmaking
November 16, 2025 at 2:20 AM
"If all I cared about was me, I could make a million. And that’s what they will never understand."
🎭 Remembering #EdieSedgwick, American actor, #fashion model, and socialite, #DOTD 16 November 1971, aged 28. #Art #Film #Filmmaking
🎭 Remembering #EdieSedgwick, American actor, #fashion model, and socialite, #DOTD 16 November 1971, aged 28. #Art #Film #Filmmaking
November 16, 2025 at 2:19 AM
🎨 #DominikusZimmermann, Bavarian Baroque architect and painter, #DOTD 16 November 1766. #Art #Painting #Architecture
November 16, 2025 at 2:18 AM
🎨 #DominikusZimmermann, Bavarian Baroque architect and painter, #DOTD 16 November 1766. #Art #Painting #Architecture
November 16, 2025 at 2:18 AM
"We need a reason to speak but none to keep silent."
✒ #PierreNicole, French philosopher, #DOTD 16 November 1695. #Philosophy
✒ #PierreNicole, French philosopher, #DOTD 16 November 1695. #Philosophy
November 16, 2025 at 2:17 AM
"We need a reason to speak but none to keep silent."
✒ #PierreNicole, French philosopher, #DOTD 16 November 1695. #Philosophy
✒ #PierreNicole, French philosopher, #DOTD 16 November 1695. #Philosophy
"Gratitude is a duty none can be excused from, because it is always at our own disposal."
✒ #PierreCharron, French philosopher and theologian, #DOTD 16 November 1603. #Philosophy #Theology
✒ #PierreCharron, French philosopher and theologian, #DOTD 16 November 1603. #Philosophy #Theology
November 16, 2025 at 2:17 AM
"Gratitude is a duty none can be excused from, because it is always at our own disposal."
✒ #PierreCharron, French philosopher and theologian, #DOTD 16 November 1603. #Philosophy #Theology
✒ #PierreCharron, French philosopher and theologian, #DOTD 16 November 1603. #Philosophy #Theology
“Be established in truth.”
🕯Ibn al-'Arabi, Andalusian Arab Sunni mystic and philosopher ("The Meccan Revelations"), #DOTD 16 November 1240. #Philosophy
🕯Ibn al-'Arabi, Andalusian Arab Sunni mystic and philosopher ("The Meccan Revelations"), #DOTD 16 November 1240. #Philosophy
November 16, 2025 at 2:16 AM
“Be established in truth.”
🕯Ibn al-'Arabi, Andalusian Arab Sunni mystic and philosopher ("The Meccan Revelations"), #DOTD 16 November 1240. #Philosophy
🕯Ibn al-'Arabi, Andalusian Arab Sunni mystic and philosopher ("The Meccan Revelations"), #DOTD 16 November 1240. #Philosophy
"She snatched at the dream that had comforted her for so long. It was faded and thin, like a letter too often read."
✒ #ElizabethGeorgeSpeare, American author of children's historical fiction, #DOTD 15 November 1994. #Literature
✒ #ElizabethGeorgeSpeare, American author of children's historical fiction, #DOTD 15 November 1994. #Literature
November 15, 2025 at 3:17 AM
"She snatched at the dream that had comforted her for so long. It was faded and thin, like a letter too often read."
✒ #ElizabethGeorgeSpeare, American author of children's historical fiction, #DOTD 15 November 1994. #Literature
✒ #ElizabethGeorgeSpeare, American author of children's historical fiction, #DOTD 15 November 1994. #Literature
"Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else."
✒ #MargaretMead, American anthropologist, #DOTD 15 November 1978. #Anthropology #Literature
✒ #MargaretMead, American anthropologist, #DOTD 15 November 1978. #Anthropology #Literature
November 15, 2025 at 3:17 AM
"Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else."
✒ #MargaretMead, American anthropologist, #DOTD 15 November 1978. #Anthropology #Literature
✒ #MargaretMead, American anthropologist, #DOTD 15 November 1978. #Anthropology #Literature
"I've done an awful lot of stuff that's a monument to public patience."
🎭 #TyronePower, American actor ("The Mark of Zorro"; "Alexander's Ragtime Band"), #DOTD 15 November 1958, aged 44. #Film #Filmmaking
🎭 #TyronePower, American actor ("The Mark of Zorro"; "Alexander's Ragtime Band"), #DOTD 15 November 1958, aged 44. #Film #Filmmaking
November 15, 2025 at 3:16 AM
"I've done an awful lot of stuff that's a monument to public patience."
🎭 #TyronePower, American actor ("The Mark of Zorro"; "Alexander's Ragtime Band"), #DOTD 15 November 1958, aged 44. #Film #Filmmaking
🎭 #TyronePower, American actor ("The Mark of Zorro"; "Alexander's Ragtime Band"), #DOTD 15 November 1958, aged 44. #Film #Filmmaking
"One cannot long remain so absorbed in contemplation of emptiness without being increasingly attracted to it. In vain, one bestows on it the name of infinity; this does not change its nature."
✒ #ÉmileDurkheim, French sociologist, #DOTD 15 November 1917. #Sociology
✒ #ÉmileDurkheim, French sociologist, #DOTD 15 November 1917. #Sociology
November 15, 2025 at 3:16 AM
"One cannot long remain so absorbed in contemplation of emptiness without being increasingly attracted to it. In vain, one bestows on it the name of infinity; this does not change its nature."
✒ #ÉmileDurkheim, French sociologist, #DOTD 15 November 1917. #Sociology
✒ #ÉmileDurkheim, French sociologist, #DOTD 15 November 1917. #Sociology