If every museum in the New World were emptied, if every famous building in the Old World were destroyed and only Venice saved, there would be enough there to fill a full lifetime with delight. Venice, with all its complexity and variety, is in itself the greatest surviving work of art in the world.


The Essays, Articles and Reviews of Evelyn Waugh (ed. Methuen, 1983)

Evelyn Waugh Quotes

If every museum in the New World were emptied, if every famous building in the Old World were destroyed and only Venice saved, there would be enough...

If every museum in the New World were emptied, if every famous building in the Old World were destroyed and only Venice saved, there would be enough...

If every museum in the New World were emptied, if every famous building in the Old World were destroyed and only Venice saved, there would be enough...

If every museum in the New World were emptied, if every famous building in the Old World were destroyed and only Venice saved, there would be enough...