'To critics who said that the full-lipped so-called 'Beardsley
mouth', which adorned many of his women, was 'inexpressive and
ugly', the artist countered, 'Well, let them criticise. It's my
mouth and not theirs. I like big mouths. People like the little
mouth - the "Dolly Varden" mouth, if that describes it better. A
big mouth is the sign of character and strength. Look at Ellen
Terry with her great, strong mouth. In fact, I haven't any patience
with small-mouthed people.' 'The popular idea of a picture is
something told in oil or writ in water to be hung on a room's wall
or in a picture gallery to perplex an artless public.' 'To my mind,
there is nothing so depressing as a Gothic cathedral. I hate to
have the sun shut out by the saints.' 'What a nice ample creature
George Sand is: like a wonderful old cow with all her calves.' And
other witty, urbane insights on life, art, and culture, illustrated
with selected drawings from his Grotesques series.
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