Carving Quotes

72 quotes by 69 authors

Each of us is carving a stone, erecting a column, or cutting a piece of stained glass in the construction of something much bigger than… — Adrienne Clarkson
What other sport holds out hope of improvement to a man or a woman over fifty? True, the pros begin to falter at around forty,… — John Updike
She's like a queen, magnificently tall, with a lovely figure, a stately neck, and a face of the most delicate and finished modelling: the flow… — Walter Deverell
Don't die without embracing the daring adventure your life is meant to be. You may go broke. You may experience failure and rejection repeatedly. You… — Steve Pavlina
Culture is the heritage of us all. some may be more interested than others in the treasures of the past, but no one can fail… — Simon Kapwepwe
Some people like to paint pictures, or do gardening, or build a boat in the basement. Other people get a tremendous pleasure out of the… — Julia Child
When she goes about her kitchen duties, chopping, carving, mixing, whisking, she moves with the grace and precision of a ballet dancer, her fingers plying… — Craig Claiborne
One really ought to be afraid of self-torture. But it tempted me. It begged. The dark place that my mind was fast becoming blends, in… — Marya Hornbacher
Society is one vast conspiracy for carving one into the kind of statue likes, and then placing it in the most convenient niche it has. — Randolph Bourne
Training is such a vital part of preparation for a game, you really do train to play. It tops up your ability, like sharpening a… — Graeme Le Saux
Recently I have been working in the country, where, carving in the open air, I find sculpture more natural than in a London studio, but… — Henry Moore
Carving is a source of joy to the artist. . . . To attack the raw material, gradually to extract a shape out of it… — Aristide Maillol
I realized it wasn't necessary to work in the traditional methods of carving and casting. — Martin Puryear
When I was a kid, I had trouble at school because of my learning disabilities. Carving is my body compensating for the lack of other… — Willard Wigan
An individual's yearning to reach outside his life is a seed of greatness waiting for a stream of inspiration. Carving that stream to people's hearts… — Mac Anderson
Everyone who has any talent at all in sketching, painting, sculpturing or carving, should have the opportunity to use that talent. The expression is important… — Edith Schaeffer
Writing is an act of hope. It means carving order out of chaos, of challenging one's own beliefs and assumptions, of facing the world with… — Jack Heffron
It's your worst sin saving your f***ing life; It's the devil's knife carving holes into your soul so angels have a way to make their… — Andrea Gibson
The Chinese people have only family and clan solidarity; they do not have national spirit...they are just a heap of loose sand...Other men are the… — Sun Yat-sen
You ought to have seen FrÃ©dÃ©ric with his monocle, his greying whiskers, his calm demeanour, carving his plump quack-quack, trussed and already flamed, throwing it… — Leon Daudet

Who Wrote These Carving Quotes

69 authors contributed a total of 72 Carving Quotes, led by these top contributors: