#marble

The greatest artist has no conception which a single block of white marble does not potentially contain within its mass, but only a hand obedient to the mind can penetrate to this image. ↗

— Michelangelo

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

— Michelangelo

#carved #every #form #greatest #greatest artist

Whether I played marbles, whether I played football or slam anything else, I wanted to excel. ↗

— Robert Mondavi

#else #excel #football #i #marbles

Being the first woman speaker and breaking the marble ceiling is pretty important. Now it's time to move on. ↗

— Nancy Pelosi

#breaking #ceiling #first #important #marble

I think the hardest part of writing is revising. And by that I mean the following: A novelist has to create the piece of marble and then chip away to find the figure in it. ↗

— Chaim Potok

#chip #create #figure #find #following

A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when forget-me-nots have withered. Carve your name on hearts, not on marble. ↗

— Charles Spurgeon

#carve #character #good #good character #hearts

The court is like a palace of marble; it's composed of people very hard and very polished. ↗

— Jean de la Bruyere

#court #hard #like #marble #palace

The more the marbles wastes, the more the statue grows. ↗

— Michelangelo

#marbles #more #statue #wastes

The Earth reminded us of a Christmas tree ornament hanging in the blackness of space. As we got farther and farther away it diminished in size. Finally it shrank to the size of a marble, the most beautiful marble you can imagine. ↗

— James Irwin

#beautiful #blackness #christmas #christmas tree #diminished

There are no such things as the Elgin Marbles. ↗

— Melina Mercouri

#marbles #such #things