“Anything done to this picture could become a disaster.”
Leo Steinberg, professor of history of art emeritus, on a planned
restoration
of Leonardo da Vincis unfinished painting The Adoration of
the Magi
(The New York Times, May 23)
“I really do see the wait list as the final touches to a class.”
Eric J. Furda, dean of admissions at Penn, on students who are neither accepted nor rejected from a school. Last year, Penn offered 87 students admission off its active wait list of 1,200. (Philadelphia Inquirer, April 23, 2013)