i swim in the sky and fly through the ocean

"i board the ship that sails the sky, whose stern glides through the night, it sets sail on a path which has no realm of impossibility"

Alas! The readers of our era are less favoured. But, courage! I will not pause either to accuse or repine. I know poetry is not dead, nor genius lost; nor has Mammon gained power over either, to bind or slay: they will both assert their existence, their presence, their liberty and strength again one day. Powerful angels, safe in heaven! they smile when sordid souls triumph, and feeble ones weep over their destruction. Poetry destroyed? Genius banished? No! Mediocrity, no: do no let envy prompt you to the thought. No; they not only live, but reign, and redeem: and without their divine influence spread everywhere, you would be in hell— the hell of your own meanness.

Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë

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thevioletfox:

“Costume Designs by Salvador Dali for his ballet Bacchanale” by Horst. P. Horst. Paris, 1939.

thevioletfox:

“Costume Designs by Salvador Dali for his ballet Bacchanale” by Horst. P. Horst. Paris, 1939.

thevioletfox:

Nini Theilade as Venus in the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo’s Bacchanale, choreographed by Leonide Massine, with scenery and costumes by Salvador Dali, circa 1939.

thevioletfox:

Nini Theilade as Venus in the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo’s Bacchanale, choreographed by Leonide Massine, with scenery and costumes by Salvador Dali, circa 1939.

firstfledge:

Photographer: Rob Blunt
Aiken-Rhett House

firstfledge:

Photographer: Rob Blunt

Aiken-Rhett House

Why can’t things like prom have actual…dancing????!!! Wished I lived sometime prior to the 50’s…

Why can’t things like prom have actual…dancing????!!! Wished I lived sometime prior to the 50’s…

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balletchihuahua:

Olga Spessiva in Swan Lake costume, 1934

balletchihuahua:

Olga Spessiva in Swan Lake costume, 1934

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theclotheshorse:

natalia gautier photographed by cecy young

theclotheshorse:

natalia gautier photographed by cecy young

lauramcphee:

Unidentified woman, 1918 (Alexander Bassano)

lauramcphee:

Unidentified woman, 1918 (Alexander Bassano)

nickdrake:

Audrey Hepburn.

nickdrake:

Audrey Hepburn.