Quote of the day
What we observe is not nature itself but nature exposed to our method of questioning. Our scientific work in physics consists in asking questions about nature in the language that we possess and trying to get an answer from experiment by the means that are at our disposal.
Royal Cortissoz

Born: February 10, 1869
Died: October 17, 1948 (aged 79)
Bio: Royal Cortissoz was an American art historian and long-time art critic for the New York Herald Tribune from 1891 until his death. During his tenure, he consistently championed traditionalism and decried modernism.
Known for:
- Personalities in art (1925)
- The Life Of Whitelaw Reid (1921)
- Art and common sense (1913)
- Guy Pène Du Bois
- JOHN LA FARGE A MEMOIR & A STU