“So much of the progress that would define the 20th century, on both sides of the Atlantic, came down to the battle for a slice of beach...

“Hope will never be silent.” Harvey Milk “It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.” E.E. Cummings “Why is it that, as a...

“True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve...

“Mama was my greatest teacher, a teacher of compassion, love and fearlessness. If love is sweet as a flower, then my mother is that sweet...

Cinco de Mayo “Respect for the rights of others means peace.” Benito Juarez “On Cinco de Mayo, we celebrate the unity that defines us and...

“I felt my lungs inflate with the onrush of scenery — air, mountains, trees, people. I thought, ‘This is what it is to be happy.’”...

" “Today, there is no doubt anything that was negative has been removed, The amount of positive is increasing; The mind and soul are so...

“Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get - only with what you are expecting to give - which is everything.” —Katherine...

“ “February is the border between winter and spring.”― Terri Guillemets “In February, there is everything to hope for and nothing to...

“ “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." “Never succumb to the...

“Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.” Ralph Waldo Emerson “You know how I always dread the whole year?...

“It’s fruitcake weather!" Truman Capote “The rooms were very still while the pages were softly turned and the winter sunshine crept in to...

Painting by Robin Halpren Ruder

“After a good dinner, one can forgive anybody, even one's own relations." –Oscar Wilde “Drink and be thankful to the host! What seems...

“Any film, or to me any creative endeavour, no matter who you're working with, is, in many cases, a wonderful experience.” “There's no...

“True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve...

“The hardest thing of all is to find a black cat in a dark room, especially if there is no cat.” – Confucius, philosopher “A ghost,...

A staple of art throughout it‘s inception has been the still life, a work depicting mostly inanimate subject matter, commonplace objects...