Decorative elements in architecture; random observations on the eternal fitness of things from a decorative point of view (1917)
Paris, William Francklyn, 1871-1954 · New York, John Lane company; London, John Lane · leaf 80
le itfulfils in our life, is the only one indispensable,enlisting so many in its cause. In the assemblingof such a number of intentions and ideas, varyingas to the means but in accord as to the end, theremust result an outspreading and full blossoming ofthe cause which true artists have at heart.… … GUESSING AND KNOWING ration and as much knowledge is required in 1916as was required in 1645 and for three hundredyears before. The present is the age of the ap-proximate, the startling, and there is a certainbravado about avoiding the has-been and at-tempting the may-be, which because of thislack…
Interior decoration · Decoration and ornament
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