Outer Integument

Famous quotes containing the words outer and/or integument:

    When human beings have been fascinated by the contemplation of their own hearts, the more intricate biological pattern of the female has become a model for the artist, the mystic, and the saint. When mankind turns instead to what can be done, altered, built, invented, in the outer world, all natural properties of men, animals, or metals become handicaps to be altered rather than clues to be followed.
    Margaret Mead (1901–1978)

    Words add to the senses. The words for the dazzle
    Of mica, the dithering of grass,
    The Arachne integument of dead trees,
    Are the eye grown larger, more intense.
    Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)