→ Jan 2012 "Formerly I loved to collect these beautiful works created by the hands of man. I sought them greedily and ferreted them out indefatigably, and I have been able to bring together some objects of great value. These are my last souvenirs of that world which is dead to me. In my eyes, your modern artists are already old; they have two or three thousand years of existence; I confound them in my own mind. Masters have no age." — Captain Nemo in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne (via thehaffner)

(via steamscrapbook)