Famous quotes containing the words exterior and/or scene:
“Professor Eucalyptus said, The search
For reality is as momentous as
The search for god. It is the philosophers search
For an interior made exterior
And the poets search for the same exterior made
Interior: breathless things broodingly abreath....”
—Wallace Stevens (18791955)
“The House of Lords, architecturally, is a magnificent room, and the dignity, quiet, and repose of the scene made me unwillingly acknowledge that the Senate of the United States might possibly improve its manners. Perhaps in our desire for simplicity, absence of title, or badge of office we may have thrown over too much.”
—M. E. W. Sherwood (18261903)