To “live in the whole world of music” was all the influential, experimental composer wanted—and did, even while imprisoned at San Quentin.

The Nobel Laureate drew on a centuries-old legend when he put the Fisher King in The Waste Land.

Throughout the history of philosophy, literature, art, and science, people have been fascinated with the shimmering surfaces of soap bubbles.

Keeping cozy in a countryside escape, through the ages.