Cut Stone

Famous quotes containing the words cut stone, 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)

“If they have cut out your uterus
I will give you a laurel wreath
to put in its place.
If you have cut off your ear
I will give you a crow
who will hear just as well.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

“Converse: Don’t they say that this is where everybody finds out who they are? Huh?
Hicks: Yeah. What a bummer for the gooks.”
—Judith Rascoe, U.S. screenwriter, Robert Stone (b. 1939)