Figura 39a, 1972, serigrafia, 38,1x50,8 cm.

(Josef Albers; Bottrop, 19 marzo 1888 – New Haven, 26 marzo 1976)

"There are two kinds of truth: the truth that lights the way and the truth that warms the heart. The first of these is science, and the second is art. Neither is independent of the other or more important than the other. Without art, science would be as useless as a pair of high forceps in the hands of a plumber. Without science, art would become a crude mess of folklore and emotional quackery. The truth of art keeps science from becoming inhuman, and the truth of science keeps art from becoming ridiculous."

(Raymond Thornton Chandler, scrittore e sceneggiatore; Chicago, 23 luglio 1888 – La Jolla, 26 marzo 1959)

"I have often been asked why I am so fond of playing male parts. As a matter of fact, it is not male parts, but male brains that I prefer."

(Sarah Bernhardt, nome d'arte di Henriette-Rosine Bernard, attrice, detta La Divina; Parigi, 22 ottobre 1844 – Parigi, 26 marzo 1923)

"I like long walks, especially when they are taken by by people who annoy me."

(Noël Coward, nato Noël Peirce Coward, commediografo, compositore, attore; Teddington, 16 dicembre 1899 – Blue Harbor, 26 marzo 1973)

"I adored Hollywood because I'd always wanted to be a movie star. Maybe in some funny Freudian way, it was my way of getting more attention than my baby sister, who was pretty with curly hair. We all have drives we don't completely understand."

(Jan Sterling, nome d'arte di Jane Sterling Adriance; New York, 3 aprile 1921 – Los Angeles, 26 marzo 2004)

"Principe, ciò che siete, lo siete in occasione della nascita. Ciò che sono, lo sono per me. Principi ce n'è e ce ne saranno ancora migliaia. Di Beethoven ce n'è soltanto uno." (Biglietto di Beethoven al principe Lichnowsky, ottobre 1806)

(Ludwig van Beethoven; Bonn, 16 dicembre 1770 – Vienna, 26 marzo 1827)

Foto: in un ritratto di Joseph Willibrord Mähler del 1804.