Art Nouveau Motifs

Famous quotes containing the words art, nouveau and/or motifs:

    “Fairest Cordelia, that art most rich being poor,
    Most choice forsaken, and most loved despised,
    Thee and thy virtues here I seize upon.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “The terrifying and edible beauty of Art Nouveau architecture.”
    —Salvador Dali (1904–1989)

    “Myths, as compared with folk tales, are usually in a special category of seriousness: they are believed to have “really happened,” or to have some exceptional significance in explaining certain features of life, such as ritual. Again, whereas folk tales simply interchange motifs and develop variants, myths show an odd tendency to stick together and build up bigger structures. We have creation myths, fall and flood myths, metamorphose and dying-god myths.”
    —Northrop Frye (1912–1991)