Horatio Greenough quotes

Horatio Greenough quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“In nakedness I behold the majesty of the essential instead of the trappings of pretension.”
-- Horatio Greenough

Source : Horatio Greenough, Harold A. Small (1947). “Form and Function: Remarks on Art, Design, and Architecture”, p.75, Univ of California Press

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“The teacher that I was for decades, and that I still am in a certain way, wondered what was meant by the word education. I was truly dumbfounded at the very thought of dealing with such an essential and extensive subject.”
“The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth.”
“We read to understand, or to begin to understand. We cannot do but to read. Reading almost as much as breathing, is our essential function.”

Source : "A History of Reading". Book by Alberto Manguel, 1996.
“A dim consciousness of infinite mystery and grandeur lies beneath all the commonplace of life . There is an awfulness and a majesty around us, in all our little worldliness .”
“O majesty unspeakable and dread!Wert thou less mighty than Thou art,Thou wert, O Lord, too great for our belief,Too little for our heart.”
“Words, madmoiselle, are only the outer clothing of ideas.”
“On vacation, you can wear all the colorful and casual clothing that you like, but you must always be elegant.”
“I know white clothing is supposed to enhance that summer glow, but writers don't tan.”
“Yes, I will put it out there - I will work for anyone for free if they're prepared to make their clothing Fair Trade and organic. It's really hard to get people interested in it.”
“Well, what I'm doing is really clothing. I'm not doing sculpture.”

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