D o not allow it to be supposed that the mere patronage of fashion, the mere reward offered by high price, is sufficient to secure true excellence; and remember that it is the intelligent worship of beauty, and the effort to produce it, which constitute the basis of all excellence in art.
Quote from W. E. Gladstone, Britain’s Prime Minister under Queen Victoria
Portrait of W. E. Gladstone by J. E. Millais
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