“Now, talking to you, I’m too old to come to terms with what I’ve done, this difficulty I have with – what do they call it? – low self-esteem. I’m thrilled to bits to be given this award and recognised. I never went to university, I’ve no proper education. I educated myself reading, reading, reading at the London Library – so there’s a certain justice to my getting this prize.”
~ Sir John Richardson
Sir John Richardson, 89 year old art historian, set to receive the London Library’s Life in Literature award, one of his many honours, including a knighthood, accorded him for his multi-volume, still unfinished biography of Pablo Picasso. Volume One appeared in 1991, Volume Four is expected next year.
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I’m in really good company!!
Laughing. It’s a crowded room!
A towering figure in the art history world. And WMS…. 🙂
Never heard of him. But was sure you had 🙂
No self-esteem worries there.
Of course not!
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Something which is.. amazing!
It is! Thanks for sharing.
Excellent!
It is! Thanks…