“I have a huge Lego collection - I have a really big Lego collection. We're talking pretty darn large. I also have a huge collection of original stainless steel Thomas the Tank Engine train toys. Beautiful little trains; they're my favorite thing in the world.” WorldLittlesBigsBeautifulTalkingHugeOriginalsTrainMy FavoriteCollectionsEnginesToysSteelTanksFavorites ThingsLegos Author:Callan McAuliffe
“Most beautiful is the sight of those near and dear to us when our original kinship makes us of one mind.” LoveMindBeautifulSightOriginalsDearKinship Author:Epicurus
“It has been observed before that images, however beautiful, though faithfully copied from nature, and as accurately represented in words, do not of themselves characterize the poet. They become proofs of original genius only as far as they are modified by a predominant passion; or by associated thoughts or images awakened by that passion; or when they have the effect of reducing multitude to unity, or succession to an instant; or lastly, when a human and intellectual life is transferred to them from the poet's spirit.” HumansHas BeensBeautifulLife IsSpiritPassionEffectsPoetGeniusIntellectualOriginalsUnityProofInstantMultitudesReducingAwakenedSuccessionIntellectual Life Book:Biographia Literaria: Or, Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions Source: Biographia Literaria: Or, Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions
“As a child, I saw this beautiful film, Dracula's Daughter, and it was with Gloria Holden and was a sequel to the original Dracula. It was all about this beautiful daughter of Dracula who was an artist in London, and she felt drinking blood was a curse. It had beautiful, sensitive scenes in it, and that film mesmerized me. It established to me what vampires werethese elegant, tragic, sensitive people. I was really just going with that feeling when writing Interview With the Vampire. I didn't do a lot of research.” PeopleWritingChildrenFeelingsBeautifulFilmArtistFeltSawsBloodSceneResearchDaughterOriginalsDrinkingLondonVampireCurseSensitiveInterviewsTragicElegantSequelsGloriaHoldenMesmerizedBeautiful Daughter Author:Anne Rice
“I wonder how many parents realize that by the so-called education they are giving their children, they are only driving them into the commonplace, and depriving them of any chance of doing anything beautiful or original.” GivingChildrenBeautifulParentRealizingChanceWonderOriginalsDrivingCommonplaceDepriving Book:My life Source: My life
“Invisible Beasts is a strange and beautiful meditation on love and seeing, a hybrid of fantasy and field guide, novel and essay, treatise and fable. With one hand it offers a sad commentary on environmental degradation, while with the other it presents a bright, whimsical, and funny exploration of what it means to be human. It's wonderfully written, crazily imagined, and absolutely original.” HumansMeanHandsBeautifulFantasyNovelMeditationWrittenSeeingFieldsStrangeOffersOriginalsEnvironmentalGuidesInvisibleBeastExplorationEssaysDegradationCommentaryFablesHybridWhimsicalEnvironmental DegradationWhat It Means To Be Human Author:Anthony Doerr
“Genius differs from talent not by the amount of original thoughts, but by making the latter fertile and by positioning them properly, in other words, by integrating everything into a whole, whereas talent produces only fragments, no matter how beautiful.” MatterWholeBeautifulTalentProduceAmountGeniusIntegrityOriginalsLatterFragmentsIntegratingFertileOriginal Thought Author:Franz Grillparzer
“Phil Cousineau has created a fine companion book to accompany the important film he and Gary Rhine have made in defense of the religious traditions of Native Americans. [Native Americans] are recognized the world over as keepers of a vital piece of the Creator's original orders, and yet they are regarded as little more than squatters at home. This book features impressive interviews, beautiful illustrations, and gives a voice to the voiceless.” WorldGivingLittlesMadeImportantBookHomeBeautifulFilmOrderVoiceReligiousPiecesFineTraditionOriginalsCreatorDefenseFeaturesInterviewsNativeCompanionNative AmericanImpressiveAccompanyKeepersIllustrationGaryVoicelessReligious TraditionsSquatters Author:Peter Coyote