Pleasure Pier

Famous quotes containing the words pleasure and/or pier:

“What is exhilarating in bad taste is the aristocratic pleasure of giving offense.”
—Charles Baudelaire (1821–1867)

“Duccio came not by usura
nor Pier della Francesca; Zuan Bellin’ not by usura
nor was ‘La Calunnia’ painted.
Came not by usura Angelico; came not Ambrogio Praedis,
Came no church of cut stone signed: Adamo me fecit.”
—Ezra Pound (1885–1972)