Poor Condition

Famous quotes containing the words poor and/or condition:

“Ai, ai, poor mother,
your birth-pangs were fruitless:
I am wroth with these spirits.”
—Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)

“Science is feasible when the variables are few and can be enumerated; when their combinations are distinct and clear. We are tending toward the condition of science and aspiring to do it. The artist works out his own formulas; the interest of science lies in the art of making science.”
—Paul Valéry (1871–1945)