Quotes from authors that died on Apr 8th
My mother said to me, "If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope." Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso.
Pablo Picasso
I'd like to live as a poor man with lots of money.
Pablo Picasso
Given six months to live and being the fighter that I am, I set high goals for myself.
Ryan White
Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.
Pablo Picasso
Wars can be prevented just as surely as they can be provoked, and we who fail to prevent them, must share the guilt for the dead.
Omar N. Bradley
Kristen Johnston 
Chuck Barris 
Amiri Baraka 
Ginger Rogers 
Michael Douglas 
Richard Karn 
Mary Todd Lincoln 
Italo Calvino