“If you see something that you feel is familiar it gives you an important kind of emotional connection.” IfsGivingFeelsKindImportantEmotionalConnectionsFamiliarEmotional Connection Author:Marc Newson
“SCARABAEUS, n. The sacred beetle of the ancient Egyptians, allied to our familiar "tumble-bug." It was supposed to symbolize immortality, the fact that God knew why giving it its peculiar sanctity. Its habit of incubating its eggs in a ball of ordure may also have commended it to the favor of the priesthood, and may some day assure it an equal reverence among ourselves. True, the American beetle is an inferior beetle, but the American priest is an inferior priest.” GivingMayFactsHabitEqualBallsSacredAncientFavorsFamiliarImmortalityEggsPriestsPeculiarReverenceInferiorsBugsSanctityPriesthoodBeetlesAncient Egyptian Book:The Devil's Dictionary: Easyread Super Large 18pt Edition Source: The Devil's Dictionary: Easyread Super Large 18pt Edition
“Make portraits of people in typical, familiar poses, being sure above all to give their faces the same kind of expression as their bodies.” PeopleGivingKindBodyFacesExpressionFamiliarTypicalPortraitsPortraiture Book:Degas by Degas Source: Degas by Degas
“Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison.” GivingNightWishStyleFamiliarVolumeElegantDay And NightCoarseOstentatious Author:Samuel Johnson