Hebrew Canon

Famous quotes containing the words hebrew and/or canon:

    “And call ye this to utter what is just,
    You that of justice hold the sov’reign throne?
    And call ye this to yield, O sons of dust,
    To wronged brethren ev’ry man his own?”
    —Bible: Hebrew Psalm LVIII (Paraphrased by The Countess of Pembroke)

    “Art is not the application of a canon of beauty but what the instinct and the brain can conceive beyond any canon. When we love a woman we don’t start measuring her limbs.”
    —Pablo Picasso (1881–1973)