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“National Film Board of Canada short film for kids on Emily Carr”

“A virtual exhibit on the life of Emily Carr”

“The full text of some of Emily Carr's books is available from Project Gutenberg of Australia.”

“Canadian 'History Minute' spot on Emily Carr”

“Several dozen Emily Carr artworks are viewable through the collection of the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria.”

“I wonder will death be much lonelier than life. Life's an awfully lonesome affair. You can live close against other people yet your lives never touch. You come into the world alone and you go out of the world alone yet it seems to me you are more alone while living than even coming and going.”

Resonant Thoughts

"I made the flames lick the surface of the painting in such a way that is recorded the spontaneous traces of the fire. But what is it that provokes in me this pursuit of the impression of fire? Why mus…"

— Yves Klein

Art1928–1962

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"Now the only sure basis of an alliance is for each party to be equally afraid of the other;"

— Thucydides

Literature-500–-420

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"The musician's technique, in fact, should be as protean as the actor's. The best method of attaining this is by combining the qualities of the artist and the technician. To do this it is essential, th…"

— Alfred Cortot

Music1877–1962

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