Famous quotes containing the words carver and/or book:
“I believe the right question to ask, respecting all ornament, is simply this: Was it done with enjoymentwas the carver happy while he was about it?”
—John Ruskin (18191900)
“I have observed, that a Reader seldom peruses a Book with Pleasure, till he knows whether the Writer of it be a black or a fair Man, of a mild or cholerick Disposition, Married or a Batchelor, with other Particulars of the like nature, that conduce very much to the right understanding of an Author.”
—Joseph Addison (16721719)