Associations..II

Here's a delicious tidbit by Lawrence Block-
from one of his how-to books, giving advice to
would-be writers:
"The author must be rigorously honest,
and all clues, whether physical, such as a fingerprint
or a dropped purple bandana, a character trait,
or an emotional relationship
between people,
must be made available
to the reader."
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Fun, huh?
10-26-07:
found another one--
this from "The Blue Last"
by M. Grimes:
"You know Donatello had a lock
put on his workshop because he feared
others would steal or plagiarize
his work. Which at least one did."
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5-9-08:
another from Brewer's(see entry:3-28-08)
an explanation of the term Fauvism
included the following & I couldn't resist
adding it here---
..."the name Fauves(wild beasts) arose
from a remark(by) the French art critic
Louis Vauxcelles occasioned by the sight
of a quattrocento*-like statue amid their
spectacularly coloured paintings at an
exhibition of their work in 1905."
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"Donatello au millieu des fauves"
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*the 15th century as a period of Italian
art or architecture-Ital.lit.'400'-
(shortened from milquattrocento '1400')