Art Nouveau Motifs

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

    “Art for art’s sake, with no purpose, for any purpose perverts art. But art achieves a purpose which is not its own.”
    —Benjamin Constant (1767–1834)

    “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)