Photo of the Day: Wall Street. 1956. © Leonard Freed

Life on Wall Street. 1956. © Leonard Freed (Magnum Photos)

To all my ladies...

To all my ladies: my wonderful mother, my lovely sisters and all the amazing women out there. I am delighted to see such incredible strength, beauty, compassion, kindness and love. You are strong, you are bright, you are beautiful and brave. Never underestimate your power and never let it be underestimated. Today and everyday. 💌🌹

Photo of the Day: The original way to text in Class

The original way to text in Class (1944)

Movie of the Day: Funny Face (1957)

Audrey Hepburn as Jo Stockton in Funny Face (1957)

1h 43min | Comedy, Musical, Romance | 13 February 1957 (USA)

Director: Stanley Donen

Writers: Leonard Gershe

Stars: Audrey Hepburn, Fred Astaire

Memorable Quotes

[Dick kisses Jo] 

Jo Stockton: Why did you do that? 

Dick Avery: Empathy. I put myself in your place and I felt that you wanted to be kissed. 

Jo Stockton: I'm afraid you put yourself in the wrong place. I have no desire to be kissed, by you or anyone else.

Dick Avery: Don't be silly. Everybody wants to be kissed - even philosophers.

Dick Avery: You are mad, aren't you?

Jo Stockton: No, I'm not mad. I... I'm hurt and disappointed and... and mad.

Dick Avery: When I get through with you, you'll look like... What do you call beautiful? A tree. You'll look like a tree.

Jo Stockton: What about these pictures? 

Dick Avery: Well, we're using this shop as a background for some fashion pictures for Quality Magazine. 

Jo Stockton: I'm sorry, but I can't let you do this. Dr. Post would never approve. She doesn't approve of fashion magazines. It's chichi and an unrealistic approach to self-impressions as well as economics.

Maggie Prescott: Duval, please! I can't hear myself think, and I'm trying to think in French!

Jo Stockton: I was taught that I ought not expose my inner senses. Had no plan for a man, I was full of self-defenses. Now I feel that I really must face the consequences. My philosophic search, has left me in a lurch. I must find why my mind is behaving like a dancer. What's the clue to pursue for I have to have the answer? I could cry salty tears, where have I been all these years? How long has this been going on?

Dick Avery: Livin' is easy. Livin' is high. All good Americans should come here to die.

Dick Avery: We want to sit at your feet and learn. We have so much to learn. 

Maggie Prescott: We sit at your feet humble and ignorant but so willing. 

Jo Stockton: Look, you two just leave his feet alone.

Photo of the Day: Ode to Joy © Alfred Eisenstaedt

Drum Major at the University of Michigan. 1951.
© Alfred Eisenstaedt

Photo of the Day: Metropolitan Opera. 1950.

Outside a Premiere at the Metropolitan Opera. 1950. © Eve Arnold

Photo of the Day: New York City. 1956. © Eve Arnold

New York City. 1956. © Eve Arnold
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=habWYM364RA

Beauty is everywhere...

Beauty is everywhere...

Roman fresco from Pompeii (Italy)

Tell me, how does it feel with my teeth in your heart?

Tell me, how does it feel with my teeth in your heart?

— Euripides, Medea

Classic Movie Night: Vertigo (1958)

Friday date night with Alfred Hitchcock. 

In search of new planets:)

In search of new planets:) 🔭

Photo of the Day: Constantin Brâncuși. 1926.

Old School Cool. Constantin Brâncuși. 1926.