Joseph Pennell, to Beardsley and Henry Harland on hearing of their plans to produce The Yellow Book, as quoted in Aubrey Beardsley : A Biography (1999) by Matthew Sturgis, p. 147
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Why, you don't know anything about editing. Neither of you, not even with me, can run a magazine.
— Joseph Pennell
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About Aubrey Beardsley
Aubrey Vincent Beardsley (21 August 1872 – 16 March 1898) was an English illustrator whose black-and-white ink drawings influenced the development of the Art Nouveau style.
About Aubrey Beardsley
Aubrey Vincent Beardsley (21 August 1872 – 16 March 1898) was an English illustrator whose black-and-white ink drawings influenced the development of the Art Nouveau style.
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