"I am not one who was born in the custody of wisdom. I am one who is fond of olden times and intense in quest of the sacred knowing of the ancients." Gustave Courbet

29 March 2014

Such.

Rude, Mercury Fastening His Heel-Wings (detail), 1834


I am no pilot. Yet, wert thou as far
As that vast shore washed with the farthest sea,
I would adventure for such merchandise.

Shakespeare, Romeo & Juliet, Act 2, Scene 2

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