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.
Masuji Ibuse

Born: February 15, 1898
Died: July 10, 1993 (aged 95)
Bio: Masuji Ibuse was a Japanese author.