Advertisement is an absolute necessity of modern life, and if it can be made beautiful as well as obvious, so much the better for the makers of soap and the public who are likely to wash. — Aubrey Beardsley Copy Share Image
When an Englishman has professed his belief in the supremacy of Shakespeare amongst all poets, he feels himself excused from the general study of… — Aubrey Beardsley Copy Share Image
How few of our young English impressionists knew the difference between a palette and a picture! However, I believe that Walter Sickert did -… — Aubrey Beardsley Copy Share Image
I have one aim—the grotesque. If I am not grotesque I am nothing. — Aubrey Beardsley Copy Share Image
What is a portrait good for, unless it shows just how the subject was seen by the painter? In the old days before photography… — Aubrey Beardsley Copy Share Image
I have always done my sketches, as people would say, for the fun of it... I have worked to amuse myself, and if it… — Aubrey Beardsley Copy Share Image
Advertisement is an absolute necessity of modern life, and if it can be made beautiful as well as obvious, so much the better for… — Aubrey Beardsley Copy Share Image
“People hate to see their vices depicted, but vice is terrible and it should be depicted.” — Aubrey Beardsley Copy Share Image
All humanity inspires me. Every passer-by is my unconscious sitter; and as strange as it may seem, I really draw folk as I see… — Aubrey Beardsley Copy Share Image
In the present age, alas! our pens are ravished by unlettered authors and unmannered critics, that make a havoc rather than a building, a… — Aubrey Beardsley Copy Share Image
