Able Quote by Xenophanes

But if cattle and horses or lions had hands, or were able to draw with their hands and do the work that men can…

— Xenophanes

If cows and horses had hands and could draw, cows would draw gods that look like cows and horses would draw gods that look…

— Xenophanes

There is one god, greatest among gods and men, who bears no similarity to humans either in shape or thought... but humans believe that…

— Xenophanes

If oxen and horses and lions had hands and were able to draw with their hands and dothe same things as men, horses would…

— Anonymous

“The Ethiops say that their gods are flat-nosed and black, While the Thracians say that theirs have blue eyes and red hair. Yet if…

— Xenophanes

The Ethiops say that their gods are flat-nosed and black, While the Thracians say that theirs have blue eyes and red hair. “If oxen…

— Xenophanes

If oxen and horses and lions could draw and paint, they would delineate the gods in their own image.

— Xenophanes

If cattle and horses, or lions, had hands...

— Xenophanes

If horses had Gods, they would look like horses.

— Xenophanes

“Ethiopians imagine their gods as black and snub-nosed; Thracians blue-eyed and red-haired. But if horses or lions had hands, or could draw and fashion…

— Anonymous

If oxen and lions had hands and could paint with their hands and produce works of art, as men do, horses would paint the…

— Xenophanes

“Before the motorcar replaced the horse, and for some years after there were many illustrators who drew horses with the same authority with which…

— Russell Hoban