Set Block

Famous quotes containing the words set and/or block:

“When you set out for Ithaca
ask that your way be long.”
—Constantine Cavafy (1863–1933)

“Painting consumes labour not disproportionate to its effect; but a fellow will hack half a year at a block of marble to make something in stone that hardly resembles a man. The value of statuary is owing to its difficulty. You would not value the finest head cut upon a carrot.”
—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)