“Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring."
Marilyn Monroe
“And of course she must improve her mind by extensive reading.”
e.e. cummings - excerpt from somewhere i have never travelled
Alexander McQueen Autumn/Winter 2006-07 photographed by Sølve Sundsbø for Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty
This is how Disney workers drew Disney characters, like Aurora from Sleeping Beauty.
I never get tired of this photo.
Ella Fitzgerald was not allowed to play at Mocambo because of her race. Then, one of Ella’s biggest fans made a telephone call that quite possibly changed the path of her career for good. Here, Ella tells the story of how Marilyn Monroe changed her life:
“I owe Marilyn Monroe a real debt… she personally called the owner of the Mocambo, and told him she wanted me booked immediately, and if he would do it, she would take a front table every night. She told him – and it was true, due to Marilyn’s superstar status – that the press would go wild. The owner said yes, and Marilyn was there, front table, every night. The press went overboard. After that, I never had to play a small jazz club again. She was an unusual woman – a little ahead of her times. And she didn’t know it.”
Charles Bukowski, “A Poet in New York”
