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Attributed to Albert Einstein: “Everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”

From Washington Post • Mar. 19, 2022

Attributed to José Montes de Oca, a ravishing, 4-foot-tall polychrome wood figure of St. Benedict of Palermo, son of freed Ethiopian slaves, seems poised to lift off into the stratosphere on voluminous gilt robes.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2019

Attributed first to Rembrandt and later to Pieter de Hooch, the canvas was only identified as a Vermeer original in 1862.

From Fox News • May 16, 2019

Attributed to Robert de Lannoy of Paris, it is a study in idealization and dignified restraint — down to the orderly rivuletlike textures of the saint’s camel-hair coat.

From New York Times • Feb. 21, 2018

Attributed to Scopas                           Greek Bronze, 3d Century B.C.

From Art Principles With Special Reference to Painting Together with Notes on the Illusions Produced by the Painter by Govett, Ernest