Famous quotes containing the words hates, martial and/or arts:
“Everybody hates a prodigy, detests an old head on young shoulders.”
—Desiderius Erasmus (c. 1466–1536)
“Strike the concertina’s melancholy string!
Blow the spirit-stirring harp like any thing!
Let the piano’s martial blast
Rouse the Echoes of the Past,”
—Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)
“No performance is worth loss of geniality. ‘Tis a cruel price we pay for certain fancy goods called fine arts and philosophy.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)