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.
Toshiko Takaezu

Born: June 17, 1922
Died: March 9, 2011 (aged 88)
Bio: Toshiko Takaezu was an American ceramic artist and painter.