Faces Quote by William Wordsworth

The mind, in short, works on the data it receives very much as a sculptor works on his block of stone. In a sense…

— William James

In every block of marble I see a statue as plain as though it stood before me, shaped and perfect in attitude and action.…

— Anonymous

“Eyes have not seen nor ears heard, neither hath it entered into the hearts of men, the things which God hath prepared for those…

— Neville Goddard

“I would stare at the statue’s distant shape, perhaps daring it to do something—strike me down if it wanted, or show some other sign…

— Barry Eisler

“He has the look of a mighty mind, whose thoughts spin hidden beneath the impassive surface.”

— Rae Carson

The marble not yet carved can hold the form of every thought the greatest artist has.

— Michelangelo

“I gazed at these marvels in profound silence. Words were utterly wanting to indicate the sensations of wonder I experienced. I seemed, as I…

— Jules Verne

A statue lies hid in a block of marble, and the art of the statuary only clears away the superfluous matter and removes the…

— Joseph Addison

“I studied him silently. He looked like he always did—a living, breathing statue. Perfection without any humanity, and yet he was here.”

— Jennifer L. Armentrout

“His brain was in one of those states that are both violent and yet frighteningly calm, in which thought runs so deep it blots…

— Victor Hugo

“In the past he had been unable to see the great, teh unfathomable, the infinite, in anything. He had only felt that it must…

— Leo Tolstoy

The statue is then beautiful when it begins to be incomprehensible, when it is passing out of criticism, and can no longer be defined…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson