Crystal Turandot Award

Famous quotes containing the words crystal and/or award:

    “While that the sun with his beams hot
    Scorched the fruits in vale and mountain,
    Philon the shepherd, late forgot,
    Sitting beside a crystal fountain,”
    —Unknown. The Unfaithful Shepherdess (l. 1–4)

    “The award of a pure gold medal for poetry would flatter the recipient unduly: no poem ever attains such carat purity.”
    —Robert Graves (1895–1985)