“A proper autobiography is a death-bed confession. A true man finds so much work to do that he has no time to contemplate his yesterdays; for to-day and to-morrow are here, with their impatient tasks. The world is so busy, too, that it cannot afford to study any man's unfinished work; for the end may prove it a failure, and the world needs masterpieces.” MenWorldNeedsMayEndsStudyBedProveTasksBusyYesterdayContemplatingConfessionAutobiographyMasterpieceImpatientProve ItUnfinishedMorrowTrue ManDeath BedUnfinished Work Book:The Promised Land Source: The Promised Land
“... up to this date, I have never been shut up in a separate room, or hedged off with any observances. My study, all the study I have attained to, is the little 2nd drawing room where all the (feminine) life of the house goes on; and I don't think I have ever had two hours undisturbed (except at night, when everybody is in bed) during my whole literary life.” ThinkingLittlesTwoWholeNightHouseHoursRoomsStudyGoes OnBedDrawingFeminineShut UpObservance Book:The Autobiography of Margaret Oliphant Source: The Autobiography of Margaret Oliphant
“In a cross-cultural study of 173 societies (by Herbert Barry and L. M. Paxson of the University of Pittsburgh) 76 societies typically had mother and infant sharing a bed; in 42 societies they shared a room but not a bed; and in the remaining 55 societies they shared a room with a bed unspecified. There were no societies in which infants routinely slept in a separate room.” MotherRoomsStudyBedCrossesUniversityInfantPittsburgh Author:Melvin Konner
“I believe in positive despotism. That means an exchange between people. I'm thinking about the fact that someone serves me breakfast in my bed. I can not see anything wrong in that. Because everything is a question of exchanges between people. Everyone has some specific possibilities and can to a certain extent do whatever they want. If one wants to become rich one can study economy and if one wants to be poor one can choose to become a professor in butterfly wings for example. So we can choose.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantBelieveMeanI CanFactsCertainI BelievePoorEconomyStudyRichExamplePossibilityBedWingsI Believe InBreakfastProfessorsButterflyCan NotDespotismBecome RichButterfly Wings Author:Odd Nerdrum
“Paolo Uccello's wife told people that Paolo used to stay up all night in his study trying to work out the vanishing points of his perspective. When she called him to come to bed, he would say "Oh what a lovely thing this perspective is!"” PeopleTryingUsedNightStudyWifePerspectiveBedWork OutLovelyOld PeopleAll NightVanishingUp All NightLovely ThingsVanishing Point Author:Giorgio Vasari
“The fact is that I write under duress, often in my bed, often at the last minute. I'm kind of a binge writer I would say, which I don't support. I was always kind of that way. Probably the time I was the most regular as a writer was college. It was like, what else is there to do when you're living in the Midwest studying creative writing?” WayWritingKindFactsLastsSupportCreativeStudyMinutesCollegeBedCreative WritingMidwestLast MinuteBingeDuress Author:Lena Dunham