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.
Hugh Antoine d'Arcy

Born: March 5, 1843
Died: November 11, 1925 (aged 82)
Bio: Hugh Antoine d'Arcy was a French-born poet and writer and a pioneer executive in the American motion picture industry.