Homer/period

Famous quotes containing the words homer and/or period:

    “It is enough if Homer but say the sun sets. He is as serene as nature, and we can hardly detect the enthusiasm of the bard. It is as if nature spoke.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “Talent is nothing but a prolonged period of attention and a shortened period of mental assimilation.”
    —Konstantin Stanislavsky (1863–1938)