Family
He was a son of poet, critic, essayist and philosopher Pieter Nicolaas van Eyck or van Eijk and wife Nelly Estelle Benjamins, a woman of Jewish and Latin origin born and raised in Suriname.
His brother is poet, artist and art restorer Robert Floris van Eyck or van Eijk.
Read more about this topic: Aldo Van Eyck
Famous quotes containing the word family:
“A family with an old person has a living treasure of gold.”
—Chinese proverb.
“Happy or unhappy, families are all mysterious. We have only to imagine how differently we would be described—and will be, after our deaths—by each of the family members who believe they know us.”
—Gloria Steinem (b. 1934)
“A real hangover is nothing to try out family remedies on. The only cure for a real hangover is death.”
—Robert Benchley (1889–1945)