#carving

The foolish are like ripples on water, For whatsoever they do is quickly effaced; But the righteous are like carvings upon stone, For their smallest act is durable. ↗

— Horace

#carvings #durable #foolish #like #quickly

Society is one vast conspiracy for carving one into the kind of statue likes, and then placing it in the most convenient niche it has. ↗

— Randolph Bourne

#carving #conspiracy #convenient #into #kind

I realized it wasn't necessary to work in the traditional methods of carving and casting. ↗

— Martin Puryear

#casting #i #methods #necessary #realized

I'm always interested in looking forward toward the future. Carving out new ways of looking at things. ↗

— Herbie Hancock

#carving #forward #future #i #interested

A lot of Thanksgiving days have been ruined by not carving the turkey in the kitchen. ↗

— Kin Hubbard

#carving #days #kitchen #lot #ruined

Carving out an identity for yourself is important so I'm trying to do that as well. ↗

— Adam Lambert

#i #identity #important #out #trying

Cutting into color reminds me of the sculptor's direct carving. ↗

— Henri Matisse

#color #cutting #direct #into #me

Ageism works in both directions. As a teenager in the public eye, people would talk condescendingly to me. When you get older there's this feeling that you have to start carving up your face and body. Right now I'm in the middle ground - I think women in their thirties are taken seriously. ↗

— Alanis Morissette

#body #both #carving #directions #eye

Carving is easy, you just go down to the skin and stop. ↗

— Michelangelo

#down #easy #go #just #skin

Training is such a vital part of preparation for a game, you really do train to play. It tops up your ability, like sharpening a carving knife. You can get away with not doing it for a while, as long as you have reached a certain standard of fitness. ↗

— Graeme Le Saux

#ability #away #carving #certain #doing