Art does not imitate nature, but founds itself on the study of nature, takes from nature the selections which best accord with its own intention, and then bestows on them that which nature does not possess, viz: The mind and soul of man.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron LyttonLove is the business of the idle, but the idleness of the busy.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton