Famous quotes containing the words usurp and/or art:
“You will find that reason, which always ought to direct mankind, seldom does; but that passions and weaknesses commonly usurp its seat, and rule in its stead.”
—Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773)
“A frenzied passion for art is a canker that devours everything else.”
—Charles Baudelaire (1821–1867)