Quote of the day
Alas! Alas! Life is full of disappointments; as one reaches one ridge there is always another and a higher one beyond which blocks the view.
W. J. T. Mitchell

Born: March 24, 1942 (age 83)
Bio: William John Thomas Mitchell known as W.J.T. Mitchell is the Gaylord Donnelley Distinguished Service Professor of English and Art History at the University of Chicago. He is also the editor of Critical Inquiry, and contributes to the journal October.
Known for:
- What Do Pictures Want? (2005)
- Iconology: Image, Text, Ideology (1986)
- The last dinosaur book (1998)







