Reads tagged with “history”
An Experiment in Love: Martin Luther King, Jr. on the Six Pillars of Nonviolent Resistance and the Ancient Greek Notion of ‘Agape’
“Along the way of life, someone must have sense enough and morality enough to cut off the chain of hate. This can only be done by projecting the ethic of love to the center of our lives.”
The One That Got Away: The Bittersweet Story of George Orwell and His Childhood Sweetheart
“It took me literally years to realise that we are all imperfect creatures but that Eric was less imperfect than anyone else I ever met.”
MoMA Acquires the Rainbow Flag as a Design Icon: A Conversation with the Artist Who Made It
“Flags are soaring symbols of pride and community, as well as emotional, incendiary sparks for those on the other side of the barricade. They are among the most immediate, primal, and communicative forms of design.”
Adam Smith’s Underappreciated Wisdom on Benevolence, Happiness, and Kindness
“Man naturally desires, not only to be loved, but to be lovely; or to be that thing which is the natural and proper object of love.”
Saul Bellow’s Spectacular Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech on How Art and Literature Ennoble the Human Spirit
“Only art penetrates … the seeming realities of this world. There is another reality, the genuine one, which we lose sight of. This other reality is always sending us hints, which without art, we can’t receive.”
The Art of Constructive Criticism: Trailblazing Feminist Margaret Fuller Rejects Young Thoreau and Helps Him Improve His Writing
“I can have no advice or criticism for a person so sincere; but, if I give my impression of him, I will say, ‘He says too constantly of Nature, she is mine.’ She is not yours till you have been more hers.”
The John Lennon Sketchbook: A Weird and Wonderful Vintage Animated Film About the Beloved Beatle’s Life, Music, and Philosophy
Quips and prophecies in vibrant color.
Legendary Designer Charles Eames on Creativity, the Value of the Arts in Education, and His Advice to Students
“There is always a need for anyone that can do a simple job thoroughly.”
How Ada Lovelace and Charles Babbage Invented the World’s First Computer: An Illustrated Adventure in Footnotes and Friendship
The story of how an improbable pair forever changed our horizons of the possible.
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