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Quote by Siegfried Woldhek

“Even the dullest bird or face becomes interesting when you give it a good look in the wild/flesh. The way the shadow drops across the cheek, the light hits an eyebrow, etc... there are many more angles, positions etc. than you can ever imagine. My heart always makes a little jump when I see things in birds or faces that surprise me.”

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Siegfried Woldhek

Siegfried Woldhek is a Dutch artist, illustrator, cartoonist, and former museum director. Born on May 14, 1951, in the Netherlands, he is known for his unique artistic style and passion for natural sciences. Woldhek served as editor-in-chief of the popular Dutch science magazine "Kijk" and later as director of the Naturalis Biodiversity Center. He gained international recognition for his 2009 TED Talk "How to recognize Leonardo da Vinci's self-portrait," where he presented a novel approach to identifying da Vinci's self-portraits through facial feature analysis. With his interdisciplinary background and unique insights into the intersection of art and science, Woldhek has become a significant figure in Dutch cultural and scientific circles. more

“It's clear that when we're this outnumbered by the creatures, we have to take a page from the British Empire and rule the lesser species through intimidation. That's why the single most important thing you can do as a human is to dominate an animal. Need more proof?Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground. I'd say that about covers it.”

Needs Humans Important Moving Can Do Animal Clear Air Sea Creatures Pages Bird Important Things Species Fishes British Proof Empires Intimidation Living Creatures British Empire

Author:Stephen Colbert

“They chatter together like birds on Cypress Hill, but all they say is 'Live, live, live, live, live!' It's all they've learned, it's the only advice they can give.”

Giving Together Advice Bird Hills Chatter Cypresses

Book:Plays: 1957-1980: Orpheus descending. Suddenly last summer. Sweet bird of youth. Period of adjustment. The night of the iguana. The eccentricities of a nightingale. The milk train doesn't stop here anymore. The mutilated. Kingdom of earth (The seven descents of Myrtle). Small craft warnings. Out cry. Vieux Carré. A lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur

Source: Plays: 1957-1980: Orpheus descending. Suddenly last summer. Sweet bird of youth. Period of adjustment. The night of the iguana. The eccentricities of a nightingale. The milk train doesn't stop here anymore. The mutilated. Kingdom of earth (The seven descents of Myrtle). Small craft warnings. Out cry. Vieux Carré. A lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur

“I became completely addicted to 'Angry Birds' for a while.”

Bird Angry Angry Birds

Author:Vikas Swarup

“I became married at a young age and had two daughters and divorced at 26. I had to go on welfare to make ends meet. I had no way to support myself.”

Way Two Ends Age Young Mother Support Goes On Married Daughter Welfare Divorced Young Age Two Daughters

Author:Clarissa Pinkola Estes

“For me, I say no, but then I am old, and life, with his sunshine, his fair places, his song of birds, his music and his love, lie far behind. You others are young. Some have seen sorrow, but there are fair days yet in store. What say you?”

Young Lying Song Behinds Sorrow Bird Fairs Stores Sunshine His Love Behind You Love Lies

Book:Dracula

Source: Dracula

“They passed out of the shade beneath the eaves and flew into sunglare and silence and it was an action she only partly saw, elusive and mutely beautiful, the birds so sunstruck they were consumed by light, disembodied, turned into something sheer and fleet and scatter-bright.”

Light Action Beautiful Silence Saws Bird Shade Sheer Consumed Flew Elusive