Gradually Varied Function

Famous quotes containing the words gradually, varied and/or function:

    “The world, which the Greeks called Beauty, has been made such by being gradually divested of every ornament which was not fitted to endure.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “See, Winter comes, to rule the varied year,
    Sullen, and sad, with all his rising train;
    Vapours, and clouds, and storms. Be these my theme,
    These, that exalt the soul to solemn thought,
    And heavenly musing. Welcome, kindred glooms!
    Congenial horrors, hail!”
    —James Thomson (1700–1748)

    “Literature does not exist in a vacuum. Writers as such have a definite social function exactly proportional to their ability as writers. This is their main use.”
    —Ezra Pound (1885–1972)