What is a portrait good for, unless it shows just how the subject was seen by the painter? In the old days before photography came in a sitter had a perfect right to say to the artist: "Paint me just… — 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
