Quote by James Dickey

“I just think perfection and lasting through the ages is for Greek statues, not us mere humans.”

— Mary E. Pearson

“What did I brood on, sitting there in the classic pose with my elbows on my knees and my chin on my hands? We…

— John Banville

“I asked to use the bathroom and sat, recovering, on the edge of a marble bath on a dais—the kind Greek husbands are slain…

— Olivia Sudjic

“I sometimes wonder if the hand is not more sensitive to the beauties of sculpture than the eye. I should think the wonderful rhythmical…

— Helen Keller

“The heroes of ancient Greece wept more often than our silly, sentimental modern women. They knew it did no good to hold it back.…

— Erich Maria Remarque

“How silly were the idolaters of old, who knelt before the clumsy wooden figurines of their own making! We are wiser now. We kneel…

— Anthony Esolen

“Three stones for the faces of the mother, four bones ... for whatever reason the charlatans came up with that I can't be bothered…

— Sarah J. Maas

“Until the blood from my pen runs dry, I shall worship the Greek body, the Greek mind, and the Greek soul. Until my tears…

— Pietros Maneos

“The moving of the boulders was weary and painful work. We came to know every one of the stones by sight and touch, and…

— Ernest Shackleton

“Not only did he have the body of a Greek fucking god, but his smile, his eyes, and his laugh lit my life.”

— Adriane Leigh

“The chiseled beauty of his features, like an ancient greek coin.”

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“It's a very Greek idea, and a very profound one. Beauty is terror. Whatever we call beautiful, we quiver before it.”

— Donna Tartt