16 October

Born in 1890 – Paul Strand, American photographer.

Above: Wall Street, 1915

Also, born in 1854, Irish playwright, novelist, and poet Oscar Wilde, who said:

A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing.

and

Beauty is the only thing that time cannot harm. Philosophies fall away like sand, creeds follow one another, but what is beautiful is a joy for all seasons, a possession for all eternity.

Previously on October 16, Arnold Böcklin & Eugene O’Neill.