Art Nouveau Motifs

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

    In spite of the roaring of the young lions at the Union, and the screaming of the rabbits in the home of the vivisector, in spite of Keble College, and the tramways, and the sporting prints, Oxford still remains the most beautiful thing in England, and nowhere else are life and art so exquisitely blended, so perfectly made one.
    Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)

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

    The poetic act consists of suddenly seeing that an idea splits up into a number of equal motifs and of grouping them; they rhyme.
    Stéphane Mallarmé (1842–1898)