Cut Stone

Famous quotes containing the words cut and/or stone:

    “Duccio came not by usura
    nor Pier della Francesca; Zuan Bellin’ not by usura
    nor was ‘La Calunnia’ painted.
    Came not by usura Angelico; came not Ambrogio Praedis,
    Came no church of cut stone signed: Adamo me fecit.”
    —Ezra Pound (1885–1972)

    “Heavy we are, our flesh
    of stone and velvet goes down,
    goes down.”
    —Denise Levertov (b. 1923)