“Art is the unceasing effort to compete with the beauty of flowers—and never succeeding.” – Gian Carlo Menotti
Feb 28, 2026
“I am a kind of paranoid in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me happy.” – J. D. Salinger
Feb 27, 2026
“Land really is the best art.” – Andy Warhol
Feb 26, 2026
“If you’re going to do something tonight that you’ll be sorry for tomorrow morning, sleep late.” – Henny Youngman
Feb 25, 2026
“Friendship is love without her wings.” – Lord Byron
Feb 24, 2026
2,228 years ago today, the Gaozu Emperor (given name Liu Bang) claimed the Mandate of Heaven and established the Han Dynasty—one of the three great dynasties of a unified Imperial China. Among the hundreds of Chinese emperors, Liu Bang was among the few born to a peasant family. Though he ruled briefly—just 7 years—it was enough to usher in the historical era known in the West as the first Pax Sinica, from as far south as the Pearl River to as far north as the Mongolian steps, and as far west as Xinjiang. In the last years of his reign, he instituted free-market reforms including privatized coinage and lower taxes. READ more about his life and the founding of the Han Dynasty... (202 BCE)
