The feat of superbly imitating a muscle, as Michelangelo did, or a face, as Raphael did, created neither progress nor a hierarchy in art. Because these artists of the sixteenth century imitated human forms, they were not superior to the artists of the high periods of Egyptian, Chaldean, Indochinese, Roman, and Gothic art who interpreted and stylized form but did not imitate it.
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this cartoon by Raphael for a tapestry for a Pope:
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Giving a man space is like giving a dog a computer: the chances are he will not use it wisely.
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Most people believe that if you go in and try to micromanage a forest, it is possible to destroy the very thing that makes it a unique and special place. That's just as true of the Net.
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Raphael paints wisdom; Handel sings it, Phidias carves it, Shakespeare writes it, Wren builds it, Columbus sails it, Luther preaches it, Washington arms it, Watt mechanizes it.
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They are men of character. I find their confrontation very funny, but maybe I'm the only one to think so.
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Your idea of fidelity is not having more than one man in bed at the same time.
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'Above all, those to whom the care of young minds has been entrusted should see to it that they respect both the smallest and largest animals as beings which, like people, have been summoned to the joy of life...'
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Cruel persecution and intolerance are not accidents, but grow out of the very essense of religion, namely, its absolute claims.
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