Quote of the day
What we observe is not nature itself but nature exposed to our method of questioning. Our scientific work in physics consists in asking questions about nature in the language that we possess and trying to get an answer from experiment by the means that are at our disposal.
Cicely Mary Barker
Born: June 28, 1895
Died: February 16, 1973 (aged 77)
Bio: Cicely Mary Barker was an English illustrator best known for a series of fantasy illustrations depicting fairies and flowers. Barker's art education began in girlhood with correspondence courses and instruction at the Croydon School of Art.
Known for:
- The book of the flower fairies (1927)
- Flower fairies of the summer (1925)
- How to Find Flower Fairies
- Return to Fairyopolis