On [:] Shame | Erich Maria Remarque, 1936
Jean Baptiste Lamarck, Sea Urchins, 1791 “It's no shame to be born stupid. Only to die stupid.” Erich Maria Remarque,...
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On [:] Evening | Édouard Dujardin, 1887
John Atkinson Grimshaw, A Street at Night, 1883 “And so the Now, the Here, this hour striking, this world of...
On [:] Need | Arundhati Roy, 2014
Soviet anti-war poster, 1989 “Do we need weapons to fight wars? Or do weneed wars to create markets for weapons?”...
On [:] Implie | Henri Lefebvre, 1988
Leon De Smet, Reclining nude, 1932 “What we will criticize 'modern' eroticism for is its lack of genuine sensuality, a...
On [:] Dare | John Steinbeck, 1961
Wendelien Schönfeld, Attic Room, 1995 “So many old and lovely things are stored in the world’s attic becausewe don’t want...
On [:] Enigma | Gabriele D’Annunzio, 1889
Romaine Brooks, Ida Rubinstein,1917 “And in the kisses, what deep sweetness! There are women's mouths that seem to ignite with...
On [:] Abyss | Comtesse de Ségur, 1799-1874
Alexander Koester, The Flowering Meadow, 1915-1920 “We stepped out gaily on a carpet of flowers,little imagining the abyss underneath.” Comtesse...
On [:] Weird | David Foster Wallace, 1996
Kirsty Elson “It's weird to feel like you miss someone you're not even sure you know.” David Foster Wallace, Infinite...
On [:] Surprise | Voltaire, 1694-1778
Claude Monet, Landscape on île Saint-Martin, 1881 “It is not more surprising to be born twice than once;everything in nature...
On [:] World | Lewis Buzbee, 2008
Egon Schiele, Still life with books (Schiele's desk), 1914 “Books were in the world; the world was in books.” Lewis...