Improved Interior Appearance

Famous quotes containing the words improved, interior and/or appearance:

    “Now I thought I would observe how he spent his Sunday. While I and my companion were looking about at the trees and river, he went to sleep. Indeed, he improved every opportunity to get a nap, whatever the day.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “Professor Eucalyptus said, “The search
    For reality is as momentous as
    The search for god.” It is the philosopher’s search
    For an interior made exterior
    And the poet’s search for the same exterior made
    Interior: breathless things broodingly abreath....”
    —Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)

    “You speak of poverty and dependence. Who are poor and dependent? Who are rich and independent? When was it that men agreed to respect the appearance and not the reality?”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)