Great First Lines from Literature:

 

“All children, except one, grow up.”—JM Barrie, Peter Pan

 

“Ships at a distance have every man’s wish on board.”—

Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God

 

“It is a sin to write this.”—Ayn Rand, Anthem

 

“It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.”—

George Orwell, 1984

 

“This is my favorite book in all the world, though I have never read it.”—

William Goldman, The Princess Bride

 

“Call me Ishmael.”—Herman Melville, Moby Dick

 

“I am doomed to remember a boy with a wrecked voice--not because of his voice, or because he was the smallest person I ever knew, or even because he was the instrument of my mother's death, but because he is the reason I believe in God; I am a Christian because of Owen Meany.”—John Irving, A Prayer for Owen Meany
Powell’s Place—English, Journalism, & AP Art History

Northside High School, Columbus, GA

 
Text Box: POWELL’S PLACE—INFORMATION CENTRAL Text Box: Welcome students and parents! This website is intended to help you keep up with class assignments and school events during the 2008-2009 school year. You may contact me using the link to the left so creatively labeled “Contact Me” whenever you have questions and problems regarding homework, long-term assignments, tests, etc. My advisement students may also click on the link to the left specifically for information about general activities and school functions. I am looking forward to a terrific year with all of you! Text Box: Northside High School 2002 American Way Columbus, GA 31909 706-748-2920 Text Box: To contact me at Northside: Text Box: “Where the spirit does not work with the hand there is no art.”—Leonardo da Vinci Text Box: “It doesn't matter how the paint is put on, as long as something is said.”—Jackson Pollock

The function of Art is to disturb. Science reassures." ~ George Braque

Text Box: "They thought I was a Surrealist, but I wasn't. I never painted dreams. I painted my reality." ~ Frida Kahlo Text Box: "When my daughter was about seven years old, she asked me one day what I did at work. I told her I worked at the college- that my job was to teach people how to draw. She stared back at me, incredulous, and said, "You mean they forget?"   ~ Howard Ikemoto

 

Great Quotes from Famous Artists:

 

 
Text Box: "Art is either plagiarism or revolution." ~ Paul Gauguin

"Fantasy, abandoned by reason, produces impossible monsters; united with it, she is the mother of the arts and the origin of marvels."
~ Francisco Goya (1746-1828) - Spanish artist