The Sweetest Lullaby Is The Refrain Of Goals In Hand

Fig. 1. Wedgwood (mold by Hoskins & Oliver in 1770, black basalt) - Somnus, c. 1774


'Take rest. A field that has rested gives a beautiful crop.'

Ovid

Merci ... Anthony, Beatrix, Jaynie, Belinda And Chris

Fig. 1. Yayoi Kusama - Dots Obsession, 2004


'He who receives a benefit with gratitude repays the first installment on his debt.'

Seneca

Merci ... Lisa, Jonathan, Alec, Mischa, Lilikoi And Me

Fig. 2. Tomas Saraceno - Flying Garden (detail), 2006


'When you're out of willpower you call on stubbornness, that's the trick.'

Henri Matisse

Merci ... Jana, Julian, Serge, Kate, Adam And George

Fig. 3. Alejandra Laviada Díez Barroso - Photo Sculptures, 2008


'I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.'

Abraham Lincoln

Merci ... Diane, Katie, Dive, Guille, Jade And Joseph

Fig. 4. Jim Lambie - MOMA floor, 2006


'destiny, n. A tyrant's authority for crime and fool's excuse for failure.'

Ambrose Bierce

Bought Myself A Wooden Eye, 'Cause They Don't Cry

Fig. 1. Tom Sachs - Untitled (CE Wood Hasselblad), 2008


'Nothing is more terrible than activity without insight.'

Thomas Carlyle

When There Are No More Hells To Come Back From

Fig. 1. Frida Kahlo - The Little Deer, 1946

'Life does not need to mutilate itself in order to be pure.'

Simone Weil