Bottom Stream

Famous quotes containing the words bottom and/or stream:

    The very bottom and the soul of hope,
    The very list, the very utmost bound
    Of all our fortunes.
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    In contrast to the flux and muddle of life, art is clarity and enduring presence. In the stream of life, few things are perceived clearly because few things stay put. Every mood or emotion is mixed or diluted by contrary and extraneous elements. The clarity of art—the precise evocation of mood in the novel, or of summer twilight in a painting—is like waking to a bright landscape after a long fitful slumber, or the fragrance of chicken soup after a week of head cold.
    Yi-Fu Tuan (b. 1930)