Ottoman Book Arts

Famous quotes containing the words book and/or arts:

“What a sense of security in an old book which Time has criticized for us!”
—James Russell Lowell (1819–1891)

“But here comes Generosity; giving—not to a decayed artist—but to the arts and sciences themselves.—See,—he builds ... whole schools and colleges for those who come after. Lord! how they will magnify his name!
—One honest tear shed in private over the unfortunate, is worth them all.”
—Laurence Sterne (1713–1768)