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Antique things have an appreciation and worth. Something can be old, but it can be timeless; therefore, it becomes an antique. If this antique is preserved and deemed precious, it could be passed down as a family heirloom.

Though familiarity may not breed contempt, it takes off the edge of admiration.

There is an innocence in admiration; it is found in those to whom it has never yet occurred that they, too, might be admired some day.

Generally, we admire the thing we are not.

To appreciate the noble is a gain which can never be torn from us.

I tend to like antique things. Something can be old, but it can be timeless.

To cease to admire is a proof of deterioration.

Our culture's obsession with vintage objects has rendered us unable to separate history from nostalgia. People want heart. They want a chaser of emotion with their aesthetics.

On the other hand, I don't understand the enthusiasm for everything in the antique shop that Grandma threw out. There, the sense of quality has declined; otherwise Grandma wouldn't have thrown it out.