“I arrived on earth in 1928. Born into a milieu of painters, I acquired my taste for painting with my mother's milk.” EarthMotherBornPaintingTastePainterMilkMilieu Author:Yves Klein
“A precious place is Paradise and none may know its worth, But Eden ever longeth for the knicknacks of the earth. The angels grow quite wistful over worldly things below; They hear the hurdy-gurdies in the Candle Makers Row. They listen for the laughter from the antics of the earth; They lower pails from heaven's walls to catch the milk-maids mirth.” KnowsMayEarthHeavenGrowsWallLaughterAngelParadiseMakersMilkCandleWorldlyEdenMaidsMirthAnticsWorldly Things Book:The Janitor's Boy and Other Poems Source: The Janitor's Boy and Other Poems
“In a corner of the churchyard grew a plantation of white violets, enormously plump and prosperous-looking. ... I saw the dead stretched out under me in the earth, feeding these flowers with a thin milk drawn from their bones.” EarthWhiteSawsFlowerGrewCornersBonesMilkFeedingVioletProsperousPlantations Book:The ballad and the source Source: The ballad and the source
“Nay, had I pow'r, I should Pour the sweet milk of concord into hell, Uproar the universal peace, confound All unity on earth.” ShouldEarthHellSweetUniversalUnityChaosMilkPow Book:Macbeth Source: Macbeth