Quote of the day
It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. He that is on a lee shore, and foresees a hurricane, stands out to sea and encounters a storm to avoid a shipwreck.
Leonard Baskin
Born: August 15, 1922
Died: June 3, 2000 (aged 77)
Bio: Leonard Baskin was an American sculptor, illustrator, wood-engraver, printmaker, graphic artist, writer and teacher.
Known for:
- Hosie's Alphabet (1972)
- Ten Times Better (2000)
- Animals that ought to be (1996)
- A book of flies real or otherwise (1999)