Art Quote by Nathaniel Hawthorne

“His error lay in supposing that this age, more than any past or future one, is destined to see the tattered garments of Antiquity…

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

“Think about it. People in the sixteenth century - not to mention in Jesus's time - didn't look like this: perfect skin, perfect hairdos,…

— Julia David Levithan

“In the old pieces of furniture almost as in the old paintings, dwells the charm of the past, of the faded which becomes stronger…

— Adalbert Stifter

“If there was one great benefit to the whole practice of art, it was to focus him in the “now,” where the ugly past…

— Christina McKenna

“The purpose of clothing, as best he could tell, was to keep one unembarrassed and at the right temperature. If an outfit served that…

— Tom Rachman

“Under the eighteenth century fashion people did not so much all pretend to be young, as all agree to be old.”

— G.K. Chesterton

When seen in retrospect, fashions seem to express their era. Although it is more difficult to draw conclusions from contemporary clothes, the same principles…

— James Laver

“There’s something with these ancient arts. They don’t last for centuries for nothing.”

— Peter M. Wayne

“This man was getting on in years, but wearing them unbelievably well. It’s not that the signs of age weren’t present, but that they…

— Drew Hayes

“A precious, mouldering pleasure ’tis To meet an antique book, In just the dress his century wore; A privilege, I think, His venerable hand…

— Emily Dickinson