Quotes from authors that died on Jul 29th
I have always noticed that in portraits of really great writers the mouth is always firmly closed.
Gertrude Stein
There ain't no answer. There ain't gonna be any answer. There never has been an answer. That's the answer.
Gertrude Stein
Fortunately, somewhere between chance and mystery lies imagination, the only thing that protects our freedom, despite the fact that people keep trying to reduce it or kill it off altogether.
Luis Bunuel
If you hear a voice within you say "you cannot paint," then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.
Vincent Van Gogh
There may be a great fire in our hearts, yet no one ever comes to warm himself at it, and the passers-by see only a wisp of smoke.
Vincent Van Gogh
David Brudnoy 
Willem Dafoe 
William Whipple 
Mukesh Ambani 
G. M. Trevelyan 
Hattie McDaniel 
Glenn Close 
Jeffrey Eugenides