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Marble Quotes

I think it’s important to remember that these men are not perfect. If they were marble gods, what they did wouldn’t be so admirable. The more we see the founders as humans the more we can understand them Picture Quote #1

Gold, silver, jewels, purple garments, houses built of marble, groomed estates, pious paintings, caparisoned steeds, and other things of this kind offer a mutable and superficial pleasure; books give delight to the very marrow of one’s bones. They speak to us, consult with us, and join with us in a living and intense intimacy Picture Quote #1

The secret of architectural excellence is to translate the proportions of a dachshund into bricks, mortar and marble Picture Quote #1

The best sculptor is the one who can most accurately reproduce in marble the image that he sees before him. The good cook follows the recipe. The pharmacist can utilize the many years of training of the most famous doctors from the best medical schools, if he just knows how to follow a prescription. Someone has said that science is just a collection of successful formulas Picture Quote #1

In creation myths, a God shapes mud or clay into living form, much like a potter throws a pot or a sculptor reveals the statue within a block of marble. But a writer has to create his own clay or stone before he can begin shaping life from it Picture Quote #1

The round towers of the castles looked as if they were so firmly encrusted in the sky that, to get to their other side, one would have to hew out a passage through the celestial marble Picture Quote #1

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The monument of a great man is not of granite or marble or bronze. It consists of his goodness, his deeds, his love and his compassion Picture Quote #1

A fellow will hack half a year at a block of marble to make something in stone that hardly resembles a man. The value of statuary is owing to its difficulty. You would not value the finest head cut upon a carrot Picture Quote #1

On the other side of the handrail, the hallway’s gray marble floor looks as if we’ve climbed a stairway through the clouds Picture Quote #1

If you look at the entrance halls of the skyscrapers of the 1920s and 1930s, they are very welcoming. They are public spaces with enormous amounts of display and marble and so on. They were havens off the street Picture Quote #1

If a man has done evil in his life, he must not be complimented in marble Picture Quote #1

I love my blocks of marble, always piling up in the yard like a flock of sheep Picture Quote #1

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As polishing expresses the vein in marble, and grain in wood, so music brings out what of heroic lurks anywhere. The hero is the sole patron of music Picture Quote #1

Cats will be clean in a pigsty while pigs will be dirty in a marble hall Picture Quote #1

The court is like a palace of marble; it’s composed of people very hard and very polished Picture Quote #1

Lenin is an artist who has worked men, as other artists have worked marble or metals. But men are harder than stone and less malleable than iron. There is no masterpiece. The artist has failed. The task was superior to his capacities Picture Quote #1

The marble keeps merely a cold and sad memory of a man who would else be forgotten. No man who needs a monument ever ought to have one Picture Quote #1

Silence is as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshown marble of great sculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves Picture Quote #1

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We may live without her, and worship without her, but we cannot remember without her. How cold is all history, how lifeless all imagery, compared to that which the living nation writes, and the uncorrupted marble bears! Picture Quote #1

It is not he who forms idols in gold or marble that makes them gods, but he who kneels before them Picture Quote #1

We are each given a block of marble when we begin a lifetime, and the tools to shape it into sculpture... We can drag it behind us untouched, we can pound it into gravel, we can shape it into glory Picture Quote #1

I laid my face to the smooth face of the marble and howled my loss into the cold salt rain Picture Quote #1

For men in a state of freedom had thatch for their shelter, while slavery dwells beneath marble and gold Picture Quote #1

In every block of marble I see a statue as plain as though it stood before me, shaped and perfect in attitude and action. I have only to hew away the rough walls that imprison the lovely apparition to reveal it to the other eyes as mine see it Picture Quote #1

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By my definition, most art has nothing to do with oil paint or marble. Art is what we’re doing when we do our best work Picture Quote #1

Museums and art stores are also sources of pleasure and inspiration. Doubtless it will seem strange to many that the hand unaided by sight can feel action, sentiment, beauty in the cold marble; and yet it is true that I derive genuine pleasure from touching great works of art. As my finger tips trace line and curve, they discover the thought and emotion which the artist has portrayed Picture Quote #1

There are two kinds of sculptures. There’s the kind that subtracts: Michelangelo starts with a block of marble and chips away. And then there is the kind that adds, building with clay, piling it on. The way I write novels is to keep piling on and piling on and piling on Picture Quote #1

Every man is the builder of a temple, called his body, to the God he worships, after a style purely his own, nor can he get off by hammering marble instead. We are all sculptors and painters, and our material is our own flesh and blood and bones. Any nobleness begins at once to refine a man’s features, any meanness or sensuality to imbrute them Picture Quote #1

In all ages the people have honored those who dishonored them. They have worshiped their destroyers; they have canonized the most gigantic liars, and buried the great thieves in marble and gold. Under the loftiest monuments sleeps the dust of murder Picture Quote #1

I walked across the polished marble floor and sat on a red velvet lounging couch. I idly wondered how exactly one was supposed to lounge. I couldn’t remember ever doing it myself. After a moment’s consideration, I decided lounging was probably similar to relaxing, but with more money in your pocket Picture Quote #1

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I think it’s important to remember that these men are not perfect. If they were marble gods, what they did wouldn’t be so admirable. The more we see the founders as humans the more we can understand them (Marble Quotes) Gold, silver, jewels, purple garments, houses built of marble, groomed estates, pious paintings, caparisoned steeds, and other things of this kind offer a mutable and superficial pleasure; books give delight to the very marrow of one’s bones. They speak to us, consult with us, and join with us in a living and intense intimacy (Marble Quotes) The secret of architectural excellence is to translate the proportions of a dachshund into bricks, mortar and marble (Marble Quotes) The best sculptor is the one who can most accurately reproduce in marble the image that he sees before him. The good cook follows the recipe. The pharmacist can utilize the many years of training of the most famous doctors from the best medical schools, if he just knows how to follow a prescription. Someone has said that science is just a collection of successful formulas (Marble Quotes) In creation myths, a God shapes mud or clay into living form, much like a potter throws a pot or a sculptor reveals the statue within a block of marble. But a writer has to create his own clay or stone before he can begin shaping life from it (Marble Quotes) The round towers of the castles looked as if they were so firmly encrusted in the sky that, to get to their other side, one would have to hew out a passage through the celestial marble (Marble Quotes) The monument of a great man is not of granite or marble or bronze. It consists of his goodness, his deeds, his love and his compassion (Marble Quotes) A fellow will hack half a year at a block of marble to make something in stone that hardly resembles a man. The value of statuary is owing to its difficulty. You would not value the finest head cut upon a carrot (Marble Quotes) On the other side of the handrail, the hallway’s gray marble floor looks as if we’ve climbed a stairway through the clouds (Marble Quotes) If you look at the entrance halls of the skyscrapers of the 1920s and 1930s, they are very welcoming. They are public spaces with enormous amounts of display and marble and so on. They were havens off the street (Marble Quotes) If a man has done evil in his life, he must not be complimented in marble (Marble Quotes) I love my blocks of marble, always piling up in the yard like a flock of sheep (Marble Quotes) As polishing expresses the vein in marble, and grain in wood, so music brings out what of heroic lurks anywhere. The hero is the sole patron of music (Marble Quotes) Cats will be clean in a pigsty while pigs will be dirty in a marble hall (Marble Quotes) The court is like a palace of marble; it’s composed of people very hard and very polished (Marble Quotes) Lenin is an artist who has worked men, as other artists have worked marble or metals. But men are harder than stone and less malleable than iron. There is no masterpiece. The artist has failed. The task was superior to his capacities (Marble Quotes) The marble keeps merely a cold and sad memory of a man who would else be forgotten. No man who needs a monument ever ought to have one (Marble Quotes) Silence is as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshown marble of great sculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves (Marble Quotes) We may live without her, and worship without her, but we cannot remember without her. How cold is all history, how lifeless all imagery, compared to that which the living nation writes, and the uncorrupted marble bears! (Marble Quotes) It is not he who forms idols in gold or marble that makes them gods, but he who kneels before them (Marble Quotes) We are each given a block of marble when we begin a lifetime, and the tools to shape it into sculpture... We can drag it behind us untouched, we can pound it into gravel, we can shape it into glory (Marble Quotes) I laid my face to the smooth face of the marble and howled my loss into the cold salt rain (Marble Quotes) For men in a state of freedom had thatch for their shelter, while slavery dwells beneath marble and gold (Marble Quotes) In every block of marble I see a statue as plain as though it stood before me, shaped and perfect in attitude and action. I have only to hew away the rough walls that imprison the lovely apparition to reveal it to the other eyes as mine see it (Marble Quotes) By my definition, most art has nothing to do with oil paint or marble. Art is what we’re doing when we do our best work (Marble Quotes) Museums and art stores are also sources of pleasure and inspiration. Doubtless it will seem strange to many that the hand unaided by sight can feel action, sentiment, beauty in the cold marble; and yet it is true that I derive genuine pleasure from touching great works of art. As my finger tips trace line and curve, they discover the thought and emotion which the artist has portrayed (Marble Quotes) There are two kinds of sculptures. There’s the kind that subtracts: Michelangelo starts with a block of marble and chips away. And then there is the kind that adds, building with clay, piling it on. The way I write novels is to keep piling on and piling on and piling on (Marble Quotes) Every man is the builder of a temple, called his body, to the God he worships, after a style purely his own, nor can he get off by hammering marble instead. We are all sculptors and painters, and our material is our own flesh and blood and bones. Any nobleness begins at once to refine a man’s features, any meanness or sensuality to imbrute them (Marble Quotes) In all ages the people have honored those who dishonored them. They have worshiped their destroyers; they have canonized the most gigantic liars, and buried the great thieves in marble and gold. Under the loftiest monuments sleeps the dust of murder (Marble Quotes) I walked across the polished marble floor and sat on a red velvet lounging couch. I idly wondered how exactly one was supposed to lounge. I couldn’t remember ever doing it myself. After a moment’s consideration, I decided lounging was probably similar to relaxing, but with more money in your pocket (Marble Quotes)

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