Quote of the day
The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
David Galenson

Born: June 20, 1951 (age 73)
Bio: David Walter Galenson is a professor in the Department of Economics and the College at the University of Chicago, and a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Known for:
- Old masters and young geniuses (2006)
- Painting outside the Lines (2001)
- Artistic capital (2005)
- White Servitude in Colonial America (1981)