Famous quotes containing the words block and/or set:
“Painting consumes labour not disproportionate to its effect; but 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.”
—Samuel Johnson (17091784)
“Don Pedro. But when shall we set the savage bulls horns on the sensible Benedicks head?
Claudio. Yes, and text underneath, Here dwells Benedick, the married man?”
—William Shakespeare (15641616)