George Mason Quotes About Art

Quotes about: Art

• Slavery discourages arts and manufactures.

  George Mason

  Art, Slavery, Discouraging

  "The Journal of the Debates in the Convention which Framed the Constitution of the United States, May-September, 1787", Volume 2, as recorded by James Madison, 1908.

• Slavery discourages arts and manufacturing ...[and] every master of slaves is born a petty tyrant.

  George Mason

  Art, Tyrants, Slavery

• One of the first principles of decorative art is that in all manufactures ornament must hold a place subordinate to that of utility; and when, by its exuberance, ornament interferes with utility, it is misplaced and vulgar.

  George Mason

  Art, Principles, Ornaments

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