Motto: live a fast life, die young and be a beautiful corpse (Irene L. Luce 1920 August 25)
Laurence Horn
laurence.horn at YALE.EDU
Mon Apr 16 15:46:08 UTC 2012
On Apr 16, 2012, at 11:05 AM, Garson O'Toole wrote:
> Great thanks to Jon and Fred for their kind comments. I located
> something else recently that might interest quotation mavens. There is
> evidence supporting the remark attributed to the celebrated French
> painter Pierre Auguste Renoir: I paint with my prick.
>
> Sometime today or tomorrow I'll attempt to gather some relevant data
> and post it.
> Garson
>
And then we can try verifying the quote "Nom de dieu! Que cette essence de terebenthine pique comme le diable!"
LH
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