“Advertisement is an absolute necessity of modern life, and if it can be made beautiful as well as obvious, so much the better for the makers of soap and the public who are likely to wash.”
The Art of the Hoarding (1894)
Help us to complete the source, original and additional information
Aubrey Beardsley 19
English illustrator and author 1872–1898Related quotes
“Seem'd washing his hands with invisible soap
In imperceptible water.”
Miss Kilmansegg and Her Precious Leg. Her Christening http://www.gerald-massey.org.uk/eop_hood_poetical_works_3.htm#115, st. 10 (1841-1843).
1840s
On her views regarding the translation of works in “AN INTERVIEW WITH MARJANE SATRAPI” http://www.bookslut.com/features/2004_10_003261.php in Book Slut (October 2004)
“If a mute kid swears, should his mother wash his hands with soap?”
Source: 1920s, Civilization and Its Discontents (1929), Ch. 2, as translated by James Strachey, p.62
“Morality and literature,” p. 164
On Science, Necessity, and the Love of God (1968)
On speedskating
Gordon, Devin (2006-01-23), "APOLO ANTON OHNO: SPEED SKATING". Newsweek. 147 (4):48