"A train thunders by late at night, you gaze idly at the dark rushing mass, you see a patch of light and within that patch of light, a face; in a wink of time it is gone - but, having seen it, you know it will never be gone, you know you will see that face in your dreams perhaps forever. Such is the insubstantial stuff of which fiction - or madness - is made."

– Charles Beaumont, American screenwriter

Born January 2, 1929

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"There’s a new Mozart, a new Miles Davis, a new Misty Copeland, a new Matisse potentially languishing in a math class somewhere. If we fail to introduce them to art, we fail humanity."

– Renée Elise Goldsberry, American actress

Born January 2, 1971

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"A man is something that feels happy, plays the piano, likes going for a walk, and in fact, wants to do a whole lot of things that are really unnecessary."

– From science fiction play R.U.R. by Karel Capek

Premiered January 2, 1921

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“To be desired is perhaps the closest anybody in this life can reach to feeling immortal.”

– John Berger, English art critic

Died January 2, 2017