Good Morning Curmudgeons and Wanna-be's!!! Let's dive into some more quotes from The Portable Curmudgeon! Buckle-up Buttercup! 🤪
Abstract art: a product of the untalented sold by the unprincipled to the utterly bewildered. - Al Capp
Praise the Algorithm!!! Please hop on board the way-back machine to 1993 to watch this wonderful section from 60 minutes to see how awful the world of curation was almost 30 years ago. I am some unenlightened oaf because I prefer art that is not a con-job. Art is the medium of emotion, and it is apparent to this curmudgeon that the main emotion being expressed is mental and emotional erosion. The bit on urinals is funny when some ordinary person thinks they are a functional one and use it. I couldn't think of a more fitting response. No other quote is needed today, I hope you take the time to watch the way-back machine and see where this avalanche of madness started as that seemingly innocent snowflake just making art and taking suckers for...
Today marks the three hundred and thirtieth birthday of the Frenchman François-Marie Arouet, better known by his nom de plume, Voltaire (1694-1778).
Born into a bourgeois family during the reign of Louis XIV, the “Sun King” (r. 1643-1715), Voltaire suffered tragedy at a young age when his mother died. Never close with his father or brother, Voltaire exhibited a rebellious attitude toward authority from his youth. His brilliant mind was fostered in the care of the Society of Jesus, who introduced him to the joys of literature and theater. Despite his later criticisms against the Church, Voltaire, throughout his life, fondly recalled his dedicated Jesuit teachers.
Although he spent time as a civil servant in the French embassy to the Hague, Voltaire’s main love was writing—an endeavor where he excelled in various genres, including poetry, which led to his appointment as the royal court poet for King Louis XV. Widely recognized as one of the greatest French writers, and even hyperbolically referred to by ...
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