Nothing is more sublime

Reading at table in sidewalk café, Paris…

„He who contemplates the depths of Paris is seized with vertigo. Nothing is more fantastic. Nothing is more tragic. Nothing is more sublime.” Victor Hugo

Sarah Murdoch with ballet class

She was told by her ballet master she was too gangly to make it as a ballerina… And while the harsh advice eventually caused lofty Sarah Murdoch to step away from the ballet barre to become a successful model gracing covers of magazines worldwide, it seems the 5ft 8ins beauty cannot forget her passion for dance… The former Australia's Next Top Model host, 42, stepped back to a time when ballet was an all-consuming passion as she posed en point for the August cover of Vogue Australia.

(Photograph by Steven Chee for Vogue Australia, August 2014)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir: Chestnut Tree Blooming

It is not enough for a painter to be a clever craftsman; he must love to 'caress' his canvas, too...  Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919): Chestnut Tree Blooming, 1881