Nobility/history

Famous quotes containing the words nobility and/or history:

    “These hands do lack nobility that they strike
    A meaner than myself.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “The history of modern art is also the history of the progressive loss of art’s audience. Art has increasingly become the concern of the artist and the bafflement of the public.”
    —Henry Geldzahler (1935–1994)