Quote of the day
With me poetry has been not a purpose, but a passion; and the passions should be held in reverence: they must not — they cannot at will be excited, with an eye to the paltry compensations, or the more paltry commendations, of mankind.
Edmund de Waal

Born: September 10, 1964 (age 60)
Bio: Edmund Arthur Lowndes de Waal is a British artist, and author of The Hare with Amber Eyes, published in 2010, and The White Road, published in 2015.
Known for:
- The Hare with Amber Eyes (2010)
- The White Road (2015)
- New Ceramic Design (1999)
- Twentieth Century Ceramics (2003)