Famous quotes containing the words art, modern and/or period:
“He’s a wonderful talker, who has the art of telling you nothing in a great harangue.”
—Molière [Jean Baptiste Poquelin] (1622–1673)
“If you look at the 150 years of modern China’s history since the Opium Wars, then you can’t avoid the conclusion that the last 15 years are the best 15 years in China’s modern history.”
—J. Stapleton Roy (b. 1935)
“A nap, my friend, is a brief period of sleep which overtakes superannuated persons when they endeavour to entertain unwelcome visitors or to listen to scientific lectures.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)