Kaye, Danny -- (Attributed)

Dave — Thu, 28 Aug 2025 18:03:17 +0000

Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint on it you can.

Danny Kaye (1911–1987) American actor, comedian, singer, dancer [b. David Daniel Kaminsky]
(Attributed)

Widely quoted and attributed to Kaye, and in keeping with his ostensible joie de vivre, but not traced to any primary source.

Theroux, Paul -- “D is for Death,” Hockney’s Alphabet (1991) [ed. Stephen Spender]

Dave — Mon, 24 Oct 2022 17:48:46 +0000

Death is an endless night so awful to contemplate that it can make us love life and value it with such passion that it may be the ultimate cause of all joy and all art.

Paul Theroux (b. 1941) American novelist and travel writer
“D is for Death,” Hockney’s Alphabet (1991) [ed. Stephen Spender]
(Source)

WIST Quotations

Kaye, Danny -- (Attributed)

Theroux, Paul -- “D is for Death,” Hockney’s Alphabet (1991) [ed. Stephen Spender]