Famous quotes containing the words small and/or block:
“Enthusiasms, like stimulants, are often affected by people with small mental ballast.”
—Minna Antrim (1861?)
“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 (17091784)
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