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| Sonia Delaunay Compositions - Couleurs Idées ca. 1930 pochoir McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas |
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| Sonia Delaunay Design for Woman with Screen 1969 pochoir McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas |
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| Sonia Delaunay Dubonnet 1914 distemper on canvas National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
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| Sonia Delaunay Costume for corps de ballet of Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo ca. 1935 cotton, wool and rayon National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
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| Henri Matisse Costume for Le Chant du Rossignol (Ballets Russes) 1920 wool felt and silk velvet National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
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| Henri Matisse Apollinaire 1952 lithograph (book cover) National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
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| Henri Matisse Illustration for Apollinaire 1952 lithograph National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
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| Henri Matisse Abduction of Europa 1929 oil on canvas National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
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| Morris & Co. (London) Noah 1874 stained glass panel designed by Edward Burne-Jones Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington |
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| Morris & Co. (London) Viking Ship 1883-84 stained-glass panel designed by Edward Burne-Jones Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington |
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| Morris & Co. (London) Sample Panel of "Ispahan" originated in the 1880s, produced ca. 1905 wool furnishing fabric designed by William Morris Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide |
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| Morris & Co. (London) Day Dress ca. 1935 cotton print designed by William Morris Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide |
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| Giorgio de Chirico Costume for Ballet de L'Opéra Russe à Paris 1932 painted wool and cotton National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
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| Giorgio de Chirico La Mort d'un Esprit 1916 oil on canvas National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
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| Giorgio de Chirico Memory of Turin 1916 oil on canvas San Diego Museum of Art |
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| Giorgio de Chirico The Arrival 1912-13 oil on canvas Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia |
Leap Before You Look
The sense of danger must not disappear:
The way is certainly both short and steep,
However gradual it looks from here;
Look if you like, but you will have to leap.
However gradual it looks from here;
Look if you like, but you will have to leap.
Tough-minded men get mushy in their sleep
And break the by-laws any fool can keep;
It is not the convention but the fear
And break the by-laws any fool can keep;
It is not the convention but the fear
That has a tendency to disappear.
The worried efforts of the busy heap,
The dirt, the imprecision, and the beer
Produce a few smart wisecracks every year;
Laugh if you can, but you will have to leap.
The worried efforts of the busy heap,
The dirt, the imprecision, and the beer
Produce a few smart wisecracks every year;
Laugh if you can, but you will have to leap.
The clothes that are considered right to wear
Will not be either sensible or cheap,
So long as we consent to live like sheep
And never mention those who disappear.
Much can be said for social savoir-faire,
So long as we consent to live like sheep
And never mention those who disappear.
Much can be said for social savoir-faire,
But to rejoice when no one else is there
Is even harder than it is to weep;
Is even harder than it is to weep;
No one is watching, but you have to leap.
A solitude ten thousand fathoms deep
Sustains the bed on which we lie, my dear:
Sustains the bed on which we lie, my dear:
Although I love you, you will have to leap,
Our dream of safety has to disappear.
Our dream of safety has to disappear.
– W.H. Auden (1940)