Quote of the day
Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.
George Brecht
Born: August 27, 1926
Died: December 5, 2008 (aged 82)
Bio: George Brecht, born George Ellis MacDiarmid, was an American conceptual artist and avant-garde composer as well as a professional chemist who worked as a consultant for companies including Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, and Mobil Oil.
Known for:
- Chance-imagery (1966)
- Notebook VI: March 1961 - June 1961 (2005)
- Notebook VII: Juni 1961 - September 1962 (2005)
- Games at the Cedilla (1967)
- C for Brecht (2008)