Pegasus Departing — Albert Pinkham Ryder

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Netherlandish Proverbs (detail) — Pieter Bruegel the Elder

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The Wizard — Edward Burne-Jones

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The Vision of St. Eustace — Pisanello

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Moss and Wild Strawberry — John Ruskin

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Friends — Helene Schjerfbeck

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Netherlandish Proverbs (detail) — Pieter Bruegel the Elder

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We Will Slam Them with Our Wings — Henry Darger

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September — Alex Colville

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A Gray Day — Robert Spencer

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The Lantern Bearers — Maxfield Parrish

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Phineus Tormented by the Harpies — Russell Marks

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would should could — Maira Kalman

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From The Elements of Style by William Strunk and E.B. White. Illustrated by Maira Kalman. Penguin Press, 2005.

Nude with Dark Hair — Fernand Khnopff

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The Twins — Boris Grigoriev

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Netherlandish Proverbs (detail) — Pieter Bruegel the Elder

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Winged Old Man with a Long White Beard — Odilon Redon

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