Underlined Book Quotes Become Clever Illustrations. Bookworm or not, you can't help but enjoy these black and white illustrations of literary quotes by Evan Robertson. The New York-based graphic designer has taken some of the cleverest lines written by famous authors such as William Faulkner and Oscar Wilde and turned them into wonderful posters. These literature-inspired fine art illustrations are currently being sold on Etsy under the name Obvious State.
Robertson would see a "little jewel of a sentence" and he'd underline it. Then, he would take those "snippets of text and ideas" and "let the words be a springboard for an illustration. " As he told Huffington Post, "The illustrations incorporate and interact with the text and hopefully add up to something that engages the mind as much as the eye. " Here are 12 of our favorites. May these timeless words inspire you today and always. Update: Check out more clever illustrations in Part II of this story. Obvious State on Etsy via [Quipsologies], [Huffington Post]
Thing.4623831.l.jpg (300×300) Motivational Fitness Pictures | SocialCafe Magazine. Ask E. Jean: 25 Things Every Woman Should Know - Get More Relationship Advice. Dolls, in honor of ELLE's twenty-fifth anniversary, I thought I'd reveal how the Ask Eeee column started. It all happened after I was fired as a writer on Saturday Night Live—a hilarious interlude that has lent a lovely piquancy to my subsequent advice on how not to be fired. Anyway, after I was canned, I started writing for Esquire, Rolling Stone, and Outside, covering sex and adventure and sometimes both! In 1993, this led ELLE editor Amy Gross to ask me to lunch at the hottest restaurant in New York—damn, I wish I could remember the name! —and inquire if I'd like to write a monthly advice column.
I nearly passed out, I was so ecstatic! I was (and still am) riotously opinionated and don't mind making readers say "Yikes! "—because every time I'm wrong, hundreds of readers are kind enough to set me straight. 1. 2. 3. When it comes to sex and love, question (B) has a great way of yanking the blinders off and giving you a clearer picture of what's actually going on. 4. 5. 6. 7. Will Ferrell. That is all. A Wise Woman Once Said… | Little BGCG: Washington, D.C Mom Blogger. 29 life lessons learned in travelling the world for 8 years straight.