quotes about Marble
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A disaster where marble has been substituted for imagination.
-- Ada Louise Huxtable -
Then marble, soften'd into life, grew warm.
-- Alexander Pope -
Underneath my stiffened gown Is the softness of a woman bathing in a marble basin
-- Amy Lowell -
Marble flooring is to a Punjabi what a foreign degree is to a Tamilian
-- Chetan Bhagat -
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I was the rector's son, born to the anglican order, Banned for ever from the candles of the Irish poor; The Chichesters knelt in marble at the end of a transept With ruffs about their necks, their portion sure.
-- Louis MacNeiceSource : Louis MacNeice (2015). “Collected Poems”, p.91, Faber & Faber
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Your work is carved out of agony as a statue is carved out of marble.
-- Louise Bogan -
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There are no such things as the Elgin Marbles.
-- Melina Mercouri -
The best of artists has no conception that the marble alone does not contain within itself.
-- Michelangelo -
The marble not yet carved can hold the form of every thought the greatest artist has.
-- Michelangelo -
The more the marbles wastes, the more the statue grows.
-- Michelangelo -
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How do you know it was the blighted pile? Did you recognize Maiwenn’s gift?†“No, but there was a marble bust of Dorian in there, which I figured must have been his kingdom’s ‘humble’ gift.
-- Richelle Mead -
Yes, the work comes out more beautiful from a material that resists the process, verse, marble, onyx, or enamel.
-- Theophile Gautier -
Fortunately, when we have all our marbles, we can shift our memories very quickly.
-- Michelle Stuart -
To say she was attractive would be an understatement. Calling her 'attractive' would be like calling the Taj Mahal a marble grave.
-- Unknown -