Quote of the day
I can only say that one's individual situation is more real and important to oneself than the devastations of fates and empires especially when they do not vitally affect oneself
Russell Sturgis

Born: October 16, 1836
Died: February 11, 1909 (aged 72)
Bio: Russell Sturgis was an American architect and art critic of the 19th and early 20th centuries. He was one of the founders of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1870. Sturgis was born in Baltimore County, Maryland, the son of Russell and Margaret Dawes Sturgis.






