Motto: live a fast life, die young and be a beautiful corpse (Irene L. Luce 1920 August 25)

[Laurence Horn]

On Apr 16, 2012, at 12:15 PM, Garson O'Toole wrote:

> LH wrote:
>> And then we can try verifying the quote "Nom de dieu! Que cette essence de terebenthine pique comme le diable!"
>
> Terebenthine was mentioned in a quotation recently examined at the
> Quote Investigator website. But the speaker was Oliver Wendell Holmes,
> Sr. instead of Renoir, and he was presenting a cosmic secret about the
> universe:
>
> A strong smell of turpentine prevails throughout.

It's from all those other painters who paint with their pricks.  Picasso was the worst, and we know how prolific he was.

LH
>
> The fact that Holmes had just "inhaled a pretty full dose of ether"
> may have influenced his judgment.
>
> http://quoteinvestigator.com/2012/03/31/turpentine-prevails/
>
> Perhaps this universe was crafted by a painter who left a distinctive
> odiferous trace.
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