“The mother of useful arts is necessity; that of the fine arts is luxury. For father the former has intellect; the latter genius, which itself is a kind of luxury.” KindArtMotherFatherFineGeniusArt IsIntellectLuxuryFormerLatterFine Arts Author:Arthur Schopenhauer
“If you wish to remove avarice you must remove its mother, luxuries. [Lat., Avaritiam si tollere vultis, mater ejus est tollenda, luxuries.]” IfsMotherWishLuxuryRemoveAvarice Author:Marcus Tullius Cicero