Quotes

"Fascism and communism both promise "social welfare," "social justice," and "fairness" to justify authoritarian means and extensive arbitrary and discretionary governmental powers." - F. A. Hayek"

"Life is a Bungling process and in no way educational." in James M. Cain

Jean Giraudoux who first said, “Only the mediocre are always at their best.”

If you have ten thousand regulations, you destroy all respect for the law. Sir Winston Churchill

"summum ius summa iniuria" ("More laws, more injustice.") Cicero

As Christopher Hitchens once put it, “The essence of tyranny is not iron law; it is capricious law.”

"Government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it." Ronald Reagan

"Law is where you buy it." Raymond Chandler

"Why did God make so many damn fools and Democrats?" Clarence Day

"If I feel like feeding squirrels to the nuts, this is the place for it." - Cluny Brown

"Oh, pshaw! When yu' can't have what you choose, yu' just choose what you have." Owen Wister "The Virginian"

Oscar Wilde said about the death scene in Little Nell, you would have to have a heart of stone not to laugh.

Thomas More's definition of government as "a conspiracy of rich men procuring their own commodities under the name and title of a commonwealth.” ~ Winston S. Churchill, A History of the English Speaking Peoples

“Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.” ~ Jonathon Swift

Thursday, July 1, 2010

David Hockney on a Pad


Artist creates masterpiece on an iPad


This portrait looks like an oil painting you would see in an art gallery, but it is in fact a finger painting created using an Apple iPad.

New York artist David Kassan, 33, paints his life models using a simple £5 app called Brushes.
This three-hour sitting has been condensed into a five-minute timelapse video during which Kassan using a variety of virtual brushes. You can watch the painting take shape from blank screen to finished artwork from 6'20.
Comedian Stephen Fry, an Apple aficionado, tweeted about the video to his followers on Tuesday night after spotting it on YouTube.
David Kassan is not the first artist to use the iPad for his work.
David Hockney, 73, has long been a convert to Apple's products. Last year he started doing pictures on his iPhone, stating: "BlackBerries are for secretaries and clerical workers while the iPhone is used by artistic people."
His iPhone paintings have been exhibited at the Tate Gallery and Royal Academy in London and in various Los Angeles and German locations.
Hockney's main tip for painting with a touch-screen device like the iPhone is to "stroke the screen very softly".

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