Famous quotes containing the words quicksilver and/or appears:
“the quicksilver art
Throws back the invisible but lightning mass
To inhabit the room; for I have seen it part
The palpable air....”
—Allen Tate (1899–1979)
“Young people love what is interesting and odd, no matter how true or false it is. More mature minds love what is interesting and odd about truth. Fully mature intellects, finally, love truth, even when it appears plain and simple, boring to the ordinary person; for they have noticed that truth tends to reveal its highest wisdom in the guise of simplicity.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)