Tag: piano
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May 21, 2026
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “Profound thoughts arise only in debate, with a possibility of counterargument, only when there is a possibility of expressing not only correct ideas, but also dubious ideas.” — Andrei Sakharov BIRTHDAYS: 1471 Albrecht Dürer, German Renaissance painter and printmaker (also noted for mathematical and theoretical work in geometry/perspective). 1633 Joseph de…
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May 20, 2026
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that. His reasons may be good, and no one may have been able to refute them. But if he is equally unable to refute the reasons on the opposite side, if he does not so much as know…
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May 19, 2026
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “No doubt there are some who, when confronted with a line of mathematical symbols, however simply presented, can only see the face of a stern parent or teacher who tried to force into them a non-comprehending parrot-like apparent competence–a duty and a duty alone–and no hint of magic or beauty of…
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May 18, 2026
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “A book of verses underneath the boughA flask of wine, a loaf of bread and thouBeside me singing in the wildernessAnd wilderness is paradise now.” — Omar Khayyám, Edward Fitzgerald’s The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam BIRTHDAYS: 1048 Omar Khayyám, Persian polymath whose multifaceted career encompassed mathematics, astronomy, philosophy, and poetry, making…
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May 17, 2026
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “Some people worry that artificial intelligence will make us feel inferior, but then, anybody in his right mind should have an inferiority complex every time he looks at a flower.” — Alan Kay BIRTHDAYS: 1749 Edward Jenner, English physician and scientist who pioneered vaccination. 1866 Erik Satie, French composer and pianist…
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May 16, 2026
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.” — Voltaire BIRTHDAYS: 1782 John Sell Cotman, English water color artist / painter. 1831 David Edward Hughes, British-American inventor (microphone, teleprinter). 1898 Tamara de Lempicka, Polish Art Deco portrait painter. 1906: Margret Rey, German-American author and…
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May 15, 2026
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “Cowardice is the most terrible of vices.” — Mikhail Bulgakov BIRTHDAYS: 1565 Henrick de Keyser, Dutch architect and sculptor (master builder of Amsterdam). 1567 Claudio Monteverdi, Italian composer and pioneer in opera (e.g., L’Orfeo). L`Orfeo (1:35) 1856 L. Frank Baum, American author (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz). 1891 Bulgakov, Russian playwright…
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May 14, 2026
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “He who says either that the time for philosophy has not yet come or that it has passed is like someone who says that the time for happiness has not yet come or that it has passed.” — Epicurus BIRTHDAYS: 1727 Thomas Gainsborough, English portrait and landscape painter (The Blue Boy).…
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May 13, 2026
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “Belief gets in the way of learning.” — Robert A. Heinlein BIRTHDAYS: 1756 Wojciech Żywny, Polish pianist, composer, and teacher (Chopin’s first piano instructor). Polonez 1842 Arthur Sullivan, British composer (known for comic operas with W.S. Gilbert, e.g., The Pirates of Penzance, The Mikado; also Onward, Christian Soldiers). The Long Day…
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May 12, 2026
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “The most affectionate creature in the world is a wet dog.” — Ambrose Bierce BIRTHDAYS: 1803 Justus von Liebig, German agricultural and biological chemist (founder of organic chemistry). 1812 Edward Lear, English landscape painter and poet (known for Complete Nonsense). 1820 Florence Nightingale, pioneering nurse and statistician (often associated with scientific/medical…
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