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Almost all crime is due to the repressed desire for aesthetic expression.

Posted on April 1, 2020 by qp
Almost all crime is due to the repressed desire for aesthetic expression. --Evelyn Waugh

By Evelyn Waugh

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Aesthetic, Crime, Desire Evelyn Waugh

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