Marble Quotes

253 quotes by 208 authors

The best of artists has no conception that the marble alone does not contain within itself. — Michelangelo
The best artist has that thought alone Which is contained within the marble shell; The sculptor's hand can only break the spell To free the… — Michelangelo
The greatest artist has no conception which a single block of white marble does not potentially contain within its mass, but only a hand obedient… — Michelangelo
Whether I played marbles, whether I played football or slam anything else, I wanted to excel. — Robert Mondavi
Once you realize that everyone is in the same boat, that everyone is just as insecure and childlike as everyone else, that all these jokers… — Conor Oberst
Being the first woman speaker and breaking the marble ceiling is pretty important. Now it's time to move on. — Nancy Pelosi
I choose a block of marble and chop off whatever I don't need. — Auguste Rodin
A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when forget-me-nots have withered. Carve your… — Charles Spurgeon
You may name a bronze statue 'Liberty,' or a painted figure in a city hall 'Commerce,' or a marble form in a temple 'Athene' or… — George Edward Woodberry
The magnificent lobby of the Chrysler Building - faced with rare marbles, aglitter with decorative metalwork, and surmounted by a ceiling painted with a totemic… — Martin Filler
After all, what was the whole wide world but a place for people to yearn for their heart's impossible desires, for those desires to become… — Richard Russo
CLARE: The library is cool and smells like carpet cleaner, although all I can see is marble. — Audrey Niffenegger
The water rose further and dressed Simon's coarse hair with brightness. The line of his cheek silvered and the turn of his shoulder became sculptured… — William Golding
A written word is the choicest of relics. It is something at once more intimate with us and more universal than any other work of… — Henry David Thoreau
It was pleasant to wake up in Florence, to open the eyes upon a bright bare room, with a floor of red tiles which look… — E. M. Forster
We are each given a block of marble when we begin a lifetime, and the tools to shape it into sculpture. We can drag it… — Richard Bach
(Ravic speaking of a butterfly caught in the Louvre) In the morning it would search for flowers and life and the light honey of blossoms… — Erich Maria Remarque
She envied Ralph his dying, for if one were thinking of rest that was the most perfect of all. To cease utterly, to give it… — Henry James
My heart is wax molded as she pleases, but enduring as marble to retain. — Miguel de Cervantes
Anne laughed. "I don't want sunbursts or marble halls, I just want you. — Lucy Maud Montgomery

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