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.
George Inness
Born: May 1, 1825
Died: August 3, 1894 (aged 69)
Bio: George Inness was a prominent American landscape painter and georgist activist.
Known for:
- The Lackawanna Valley (1855)
- The Home of the Heron (1893)
- Sunset at Etretat (1875)
- The Rainbow (1878)
- The Goat Herder (1853)