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.
Jean Drapeau

Born: February 18, 1916
Died: August 12, 1999 (aged 83)
Bio: Jean Drapeau was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as mayor of Montreal from 1954 to 1957 and 1960 to 1986.