“Art Nouveau was coil-envy.”
“Japonisme was a vertical phenomenon running through a number of successive styles; Art Nouveau was a horizontal, chronologically limited phenomenon that embodied the aim of giving expression to a new experience of life.”
“Envy is the art of counting the other fellow's blessings instead of your own.”
“les gens changent tellement qu'il ya toujours du nouveau à observer.”
“Even in those cities which seem to enjoy the blessings of peace, and where the arts florish, the inhabitants are devoured by envy, cares and anxieties, which are greater plagues than any expirienced in a town when it is under siege.”