Quote of the day. #qotd

Great things are done by a series of small things brought together. #VincentvanGogh created over 2,100 artworks in his lifetime, including around 860 oil paintings. #VanGogh #PostImpressionism #ArtFact

A marketing visionary who lit the #EiffelTower with his brand, André-Gustave #Citroën lived by risk: innovation made him famous, excess cost him his company. Proof that being ahead of your time often comes at a steep personal cost. #History #OnThisDay

„The age of images has produced a new kind of ailmet to worry public men: image trouble.” Orin Edgar Klapp - Symbolic Leaders (1964) #quoteoftheday #books

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Practice makes perfect. #ClaudeMonet painted over 250 works featuring water lilies to capture changing light and seasons. #Monet #Impressionism #ArtFact

Read better, live better

One began her reign (1952). One was born (1911). #ElizabethII shaped Britain. #RonaldReagan reshaped America. #History #OnThisDay

Read books. Read to escape reality. Read to understand reality. Read to know others. Read to know yourself. Read to think better. Read to write better. Read to speak better. It only takes a single book to completely rewire your brain.

„Platform companies developed new ways to keep users navigating and posting, coax them into revealing their preferences and proclivities and save all of it as personalized data, to sell to advertisers and content partners.” T. Gillespie - Custodians of the Internet (2018) #qotd

The eyes see only what the mind is prepared to comprehend. #HieronymusBosch included intricate symbolic details in The Garden of Earthly Delights, rewarding close observation. #Renaissance #ArtHistory #ArtFact

Useful advice for all the #readers out there.

Unforgettable characters. Sharp social critique. Cultural change. #CharlesDickens exposed the soul of Victorian England. #History #OnThisDay #Literature

„There were also those who were less listened to; dazed by so much clamor and shouting, they abandoned themselves entirely to the pleasure of soothing the itch of their tongues.” Leo #Tolstoy - Polikushka (1863) #QuoteOfTheDay #books

Never give up! Auguste #Rodin was rejected by the École des Beaux-Arts three times before succeeding. #sculpture #ArtFact

Turning imagination into foresight? #JulesVerne had all the answers. #History #OnThisDay #Literature

Be worthy of your legacy.

20 Problems = 20 Books 1) Want to break a bad habit? Read "Atomic Habits" by James Clear. 2) Keep getting distracted while working? Read "Indistractable" by Nir Eyal. 3) Feeling lost in life? Read "Man's Search for Meaning" by Viktor Frankl. 4) Have trouble controlling your

„Fundamental to all expressions of citizen journalism is the idea that the person doing the reporting is independent and does not work for a media organisation.” Sam Hinton - Understanding Social Media (2013) #quoteoftheday #books

The weirder the source, the clearer the vision. The ‘Persistence of Memory’ by #Dalí might have been inspired by melting Camembert cheese. #Surrealism #funfact