Leslie Humphrey (British, born 1957)
THE ROSE IN THE ARENA
Oil on canvas, 48" x 48"
Signed
Inscribed on verso:
"It's not the critic who counts; it's not the man who points out how the strong woman stumbled. Credit belongs to the woman who is in the arena; whose face is marred by dust, sweat, and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming, but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends herself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if she fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that her place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat." - Teddy Roosevelt (modified quote)