Two of my favorites: not specifically about art libraries, but could be! -- “You must live feverishly in a library. Colleges are not going to do any good unless you are raised and live in a library everyday of your life.” --- Ray Bradbury --- “I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.” --- Jorge Luis Borges (writer, and National Librarian of Argentina. (b1899) Anne From: "[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>" <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Reply-To: "[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>" <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Date: Tuesday, April 1, 2014 2:50 PM To: ARLIS <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Subject: Re: [ARLIS-L] Quotes, etc I don't remember who used this one, but my favorite one is: “Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.” ― Groucho Marx<http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/43244.Groucho_Marx> Cindy > Over years of reading ARLIS-L I have enjoyed the quotes and maxims that > some of us attach to our email signatures. As an example, for some reason > Ray Ann Lockard's has stuck in my mind: > > > > "A book should be a ball of light in one's hands." Ezra Pound > > > > But of course I neglected to write any down - and now I would like to look > at a selection, especially ones pertaining to art libraries. > > > > Would you be so good as to send me your own, or someone else's that you > especially like? > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > Jonathan > > > Jonathan Franklin > Chief, Library, Archives and Research Fellowships Program > National Gallery of Canada > 380 Sussex Drive > PO Box 427, Station A > Ottawa, Ontario > K1N 9N4 > Canada > telephone (613) 990 0590 > [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]><mailto:[log in to unmask]> > > > [insert witty quote here] > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Mail submissions to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> For information about joining > ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative matters > (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> > ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org > Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: > [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~