Famous quotes containing the words block and/or converted:
“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)
“Men often take their imagination for their heart; and they believe they are converted as soon as they think of being converted.”
—Blaise Pascal (1623–1662)