Famous quotes containing the words basis, point and/or cut:
“The basis of art is truth, both in matter and in mode.”
—Flannery O’Connor (1925–1964)
“There are neither good nor bad subjects. From the point of view of pure Art, you could almost establish it as an axiom that the subject is irrelevant, style itself being an absolute manner of seeing things.”
—Gustave Flaubert (1821–1880)
“You are clear
O rose, cut in rock,
hard as the descent of hail.”
—Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)