Variable Block

Famous quotes containing the words variable and/or block:

“There is not so variable a thing in nature as a lady’s head-dress.”
—Joseph Addison (1672–1719)

“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)