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Antiques Quotes

Nature alone is antique, and the oldest art a mushroom.

Nature alone is antique, and the oldest art a mushroom.

Thomas Carlyle, Rodger L. Tarr, Mark Engel (2000). “Sartor Resartus: The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdröckh in Three Books”, p.80, Univ of California Press

Trees are your best antiques

Alexander Smith (1863). “Dreamthorp: A Book of Essays Written in the Country”, p.257

Our admiration of the antique is not admiration of the old, but of the natural.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1964). “The Early Lectures of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.134, Harvard University Press

Know thyself' was written over the portal of the antique world. Over the portal of the new world, 'Be thyself' shall be written.

Oscar Wilde, Russell Jackson, Ian Small (2000). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: De profundis, "Epistola : in carcere et vinculis"”, p.305, Oxford University Press on Demand

I love history. Everything is inspired by history, so that's why I love vintage and antiques.

"Kelly Wearstler Celebrates Her Fourth Book, 'Rhapsody'". Interview with Rebecca Moss, www.elle.com. February 07, 2013.