"Art is a line around your thoughts."

Gustav Klimt
(07/14/1862 – 02/06/1918)
Austrian artist ("Water Serpents I")
(affair with Alma Schindler)

"He appears to have been called 'The Little Giant' more because he was little than because he was a giant."

Irving Stone
(07/14/1903 – 08/26/1989)
US writer ("Lust for Life") , on Stephen A. Douglas

"The most technologically efficient machine that man has ever invented is the book."

Northrop Frye
(07/14/1912 – 01/23/1991)
Canadian writer ("Anatomy of Criticism: Four Essays")

"California is a garden of Eden, a paradise to live in or see,
But believe it or not, you won't find it so hot If you ain't got the do re mi."

Woody Guthrie
(07/14/1912 – 10/03/1967)
US singer, songwriter ("John Henry")
(father of Arlo)

"Ronald Reagan doesn't dye his hair, he's just prematurely orange."

Gerald R. Ford
(07/14/1913 – 12/26/2006)
US President (38), VP (40)
(was married to Betty Ford)

"Everything is worth precisely as much as a belch, the difference being that a belch is more satisfying."

Ingmar Bergman
(07/14/1918 – 07/30/2007)
Swedish film director ("Scener ur ett äktenskap (Scenes from a Marriage)")
(relationship and child with Liv Ullmann)

"The perfect lover is one who turns into a pizza at 4:00 A.M."

Charles Pierce
(07/14/1926 – 05/31/1999)
US comic