New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common. – John Locke, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
There is nothing that special to see when looking at me. Im a painter who paints day in day out, from morning till evening – figure pictures and landscapes, more rarely portraits. – Gustav Klimt
It is Christmas Eve, and the fairies come to good children and bring them gingerbread. – C.C. Shackford, “Christmas Eve in Germany,” c.1870, from the German
