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“(The Mona Lisa), that really is the ugliest portrait I’ve seen, the only thing that supposedly makes it famous is the mystery behind it,” Katherine admitted as she remembered her trips to the Louvre and how she shook her head at the poor tourists crowding around to see a jaundiced, eyebrow-less lady that reminded her of tight-lipped Washington on the dollar bill. Surely, they could have chosen a better portrait of the First President for their currency?”

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Book:Brushstrokes of a Gadfly
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“The "Mona Lisa" is an optical illusion created by Leonardo Da Vinci. The woman in the painting "The Mona Lisa" doesn't appear to be always smiling. When you look at the mouth you feel she looks sad, melancholic, and hostile. But when you look at the eyes you feel she is happy and cheerful. Leonardo perfected the "sfumato technique," which translated literally from Italian means "vanished or evaporated." He created imperceptible transitions between light and shade, and sometimes between colors. "Why the Silhouette?" appears as a simple story of a few individuals, but when you look at it from a distance, it appears to show you the philosophy of life. I have tried to create imperceptible transitions between light and darkness and sometimes between colors. Hope you see the illusion in "Why the Silhouette?”

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Book:Why the Silhouette?
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“We seem to live in a world where you have to walk around grinning like a loon. I can’t understand all the fuss about Mona Lisa painting, everyone wondering why she’s not smiling, if she’s depressed or heartbroken. No, she was just normal! Emotions are always extreme these days: you either have to be crying with laughter or crying in pain. No wonder water levels are rising. It’s not global warming, it’s all the tears from crying.”

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Author:Karl Pilkington
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“Beside him, very close beside him, was a gorgeous woman. She had masses of deep auburn hair and great violet eyes. She was not plump, yet she gave the impression of soft, rounded curves and comfortable hollows. She had an air of Mona Lisa, the Lady of Shalott. All her movements were slow with a lazy, languid indolence”

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Book:Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
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“The "Monalisa Lisa" is an optical illusion created by Leonardo Da Vinci. The woman in the painting "The Mona Lisa" doesn't appear to be always smiling. When you look at the mouth you feel she looks sad, melancholic, and hostile. But when you look at the eyes you feel she is happy and cheerful. Leonardo perfected the "sfumato technique," which translated literally from Italian means "vanished or evaporated." He created imperceptible transitions between light and shade, and sometimes between colors. "Why the Silhouette?" appears as a simple story of a few individuals, but when you look at it from a distance, it appears to show you the philosophy of life. I have tried to create imperceptible transitions between light and darkness and sometimes between colors. Hope you see the illusion in "Why the Silhouette?”

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Book:Why the Silhouette?
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“Entre renglones se escondía de la difícil realidad a la que tenía que enfrentarse, para guarecerse en los infinitos universos que las palabras erigían.”

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Book:Las lágrimas de Mona Lisa: Una novela histórica ambientada en el Renacimiento italiano, que aborda la violencia doméstica.
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“Las dudas acribillaban su mente. Se decía que él no era un hombre agresivo, pero nadie conoce el ímpetu de su propia cólera hasta que el odio desencadena un ciclón.”

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Book:Las lágrimas de Mona Lisa: Una novela histórica ambientada en el Renacimiento italiano, que aborda la violencia doméstica.
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“She was the world's best cook. Every night, she used to sing "Funiculi" while she fixed supper- puttanesca sauce, homemade bread, pasta she made every Wednesday. Rosa had loved nothing better than working side by side with her in the bright scrubbed kitchen in the house on Prospect Street, turning out fresh pasta, baking a calzone on a winter afternoon, adding a pinch of basil or fennel to the sauce. Most of all, Rosa could picture, like an inedible snapshot in her mind, Mamma standing at the sink and looking out the window, a soft, slightly mysterious smile on her face. Herr "Mona Lisa smile," Pop used to call it. Rosa didn't know about that. She had seen a postcard of the Mona Lisa and thought Mamma was way prettier.”

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Book:Summer by the Sea
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“—No os preocupéis, las tormentas nunca son permanentes; allí donde parece que el sol no volverá a asomar, siempre un pequeño rayo nos devuelve la esperanza.”

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Book:Las lágrimas de Mona Lisa: Una novela histórica ambientada en el Renacimiento italiano, que aborda la violencia doméstica.
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“Constató que las razones del alma son inescrutables: él mismo amaba sin medida a una doncella que nunca se había percatado de su existencia, o que, si lo había hecho, lo ignoraba sin reparos.”

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Book:Las lágrimas de Mona Lisa: Una novela histórica ambientada en el Renacimiento italiano, que aborda la violencia doméstica.
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“Mida te nimetate õnneks? Kas kirge, mis paneb inimese sellisesse seisukorda nagu Jacques praegu? Näidake talle nüüd mõnda meistriteost, ja ta ei vaataks selle poolegi. Ja selleks et kas või kord veel näha oma kallimat, on ta valmis talluma Tiziani või Raffaeli maalil. Vaat minu kallim on surematu ega reeda mind iialgi. Ta elab Louvre'is ja tema nimi on Mona Lisa.”

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Book:The Bohemians of the Latin Quarter: Scenes de la Vie de Boheme
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“I’m glad you still have your survival instinct.” “We’ve all got something.” I lift my fingertips to the exposed skin on my face. It’s colder than the night sea. Cupping my hands, I blow into them, let my breath warm my nose and cheeks. “I apparently still have a face, which is good.” Holden vaults up onto the wooden platform and I step up after him. “That is good,” he says, pulling me in close. He lifts his gloved hands to my cheeks. “After all, this is one of my favorite faces.” I scrunch my lips into a pretend pout. “One of?” He grins. “Well, you know. I’m a sucker for the classics. Helen of Troy, the Mona Lisa, that—” “Hey. The Mona Lisa isn’t even hot.” I give him a little shove away from me, toward the edge of the platform. “Disagree,” Holden says. “She’s beautiful in her own way. That mischievous smile, those dark, soulful eyes, the way she—” “Fine, whatever.” I cross my arms. “But I insist on being ranked above her.” “Okay, okay,” Holden says. “Yours can be my second-favorite face . . . right after that guy from The Scream.” He pulls me in close again. “You’re such an ass,” I say, as our lips touch. Holden laughs. “My girl Mona Lisa would never be so rude.”

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Book:Hidden Pieces
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“The "Mona Lisa" is an optical illusion created by Leonardo Da Vinci. The woman in the painting "The Mona Lisa" doesn't appear to be always smiling. When you look at her mouth you feel she looks sad, melancholic, and hostile. But when you look at her eyes you feel she is happy and cheerful. Leonardo perfected the "sfumato technique," which translated literally from Italian means "vanished or evaporated." He created imperceptible transitions between light and shade, and sometimes between colors. "Why the Silhouette?" appears as a simple story of a few individuals, but when you look at it from a distance, it appears to show you the philosophy of life. I have tried to create imperceptible transitions between light and darkness and sometimes between colors. Hope you see the illusion in "Why the Silhouette?”

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Book:Why the Silhouette?
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“No era un hombre que creyese en la fortuna, ni tampoco en el numen o en las musas. Pensaba que la perseverancia era la virtud que permitía conquistar los sueños.”

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Book:Las lágrimas de Mona Lisa: Una novela histórica ambientada en el Renacimiento italiano, que aborda la violencia doméstica.
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“Al instante, la mujer se giró. En sus manos sujetaba un libro pequeño, entre cuyas páginas colocó un pañuelo para señalizar el pasaje que leía. Extendió su mano para recibir la misiva.”

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Book:Las lágrimas de Mona Lisa: Una novela histórica ambientada en el Renacimiento italiano, que aborda la violencia doméstica.
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“Os merecéis una felicidad duradera. La dicha de un amor como el que ahora sentís suele ser efímera, difícil de atrapar entre los dedos.”

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Book:Las lágrimas de Mona Lisa: Una novela histórica ambientada en el Renacimiento italiano, que aborda la violencia doméstica.
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“Los sentimientos de los lauderos impregnan la esencia de los instrumentos al tallar la madera. Si eso era cierto, su creación iba a tener una voz temible, dado que el corazón del joven agonizaba.”

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Book:Las lágrimas de Mona Lisa: Una novela histórica ambientada en el Renacimiento italiano, que aborda la violencia doméstica.
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“No lograba entender el significado exacto de las palabras que acababa de escuchar. Pero su ferviente imaginación desató una tormenta que lo inundó de expectativas.”

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Book:Las lágrimas de Mona Lisa: Una novela histórica ambientada en el Renacimiento italiano, que aborda la violencia doméstica.
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“The problem with success is that you lose the capacity to fail and the capacity to surprise people. So, if I'm able to surprise myself every day, I can surprise you as well. If I enjoy someone's work and they offer me their project, I do it. So what's the point of the supposed creativity? If Mona Lisa could be made by anyone, then it wouldn't have been the most beautiful painting in the world. The knowledge that you can fail can make you come first.”

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Author:Shahrukh Khan
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“What I am trying to say is that it is not without any value. The value of copies is that they can direct us towards the original. I was recently at the Louvre Museum and I was filming people who were viewing the Mona Lisa. I noticed the number of ordinary people, astonished, mouths agape, standing still for long stretches looking at the work, and I wondered, "Where does this come from? Are these people all art connoisseurs?" They are like me; through the years, we've seen this work in our schoolbooks or art history books, but when we stand before the original, we hold our breath.”

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Author:Abbas Kiarostami
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