I have no particular interest in antiquities or antiques, but I like things to meet a certain aesthetic. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes aesthetic antique antiquity
If you were born in Britain after World War II, you see a continuous atmosphere of decline, moral and economic and political. Stephen Bayley atmospherebearbritain Change image and share on social
That's one of the things about getting older isn't it? You suddenly realise that you are what you set out to be. And there are no role models any more. Stephen Bayley modeloldrealise Change image and share on social
I wouldn't mind someone lobbing hand grenades at me, but having to reset the timer on the video recorder puts me into a blood-spitting frenzy. Stephen Bayley bloodfrenzygrenade Change image and share on social
Such discoveries have led me, and other geologists, to reconsider the evidence previously derived from caves brought forward in proof of the high antiquity of Man. Charles Lyell antiquitybringcave Change image and share on social
Nothing is beautiful, only man: on this piece of naivete rests all aesthetics, it is the first truth of aesthetics. Let us immediately add its second: nothing is ugly but degenerate man - the domain of aesthetic judgment is therewith defined. Friedrich Nietzsche addaestheticbeautiful share on social
A house with any kind of age will have dozens of stories to tell. I suppose if a novelist could live long enough, one could base an entire oeuvre on the lives that weave in and out of an antique house. Anita Shreve ageantiquebase share on social