Age Quote by Mary E. Pearson

“How persistent it is, this demand that our gods be perfect. The Greeks were much more reasonable about such things.”

— Frank Herbert

“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

“With the stone question In the heads of Greek statues Who ask where their arms And legs and the tips of their noses Have…

— James Dickey

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

— Donna Tartt

“When we are young, we make gods and goddesses of one another, then we soon come to realize that we are all merely human…

— Elizabeth Aston

“Perfections were created by idols—both are illusions. You are enough!”

— Elena Levon

“Perfection is some mythical state that we can never achieve”

— Carrie Jones

“People usually respond better to someone they can relate to. Statues are kind of hard to like.”

— Jess Bowen

“It may be prodigious, but it's all Greek to me!”

— Hergé

“When you are still and thoughtful you are as lovely as the statues they are carving in Italy.”

— Philippa Gregory

“The ancient Greeks who created the magnificent sculptures and structures were the same people who could be utterly cruel and barbaric.”

— Julia Vickers

“I came to admire at all angles a sculpture that speaks of the sacred, not of the mundane. Of that moment when two beings…

— Cisneros Sandra