“Oh, talk as we may of beauty as a thing to be chiselled from marble or wrought out on canvas, speculate as we may upon its colors and outlines, what is it but an intellectual abstraction, after all? The heart feels a beauty of another kind; looking through the outward environment, it discovers a deeper and more real love-liness.” FeelsHeartKindMayRealBeautyEnvironmentColorIntellectualDeeperReal LoveCanvasAbstractionMarbleOutlines Book:Literary recreations and miscellanies Source: Literary recreations and miscellanies
“Our minds can go no further. The human imagination is capable of no further expression of beauty than the carved owl of Athene, the archaic, marble serpent, the arrogant selfish head of the Acropolis Apollo.” MindHumansImaginationBeautyExpressionCapableSelfishArrogantApolloMarbleSerpentOwlHuman ImaginationAcropolis Book:Collected Poems 1912-1944 Source: Collected Poems 1912-1944
“Maid of the luminous grey-eyes, Mistress of honey and marble implacable white thighs and Goddess, chaste daughter of Zeus.” EyeWhiteBeautyDaughterHoneyGoddessGreyMistressMarbleMaidsLuminousThighsZeusChasteGrey Eyes Book:Collected Poems 1912-1944 Source: Collected Poems 1912-1944
“Dear God! how beauty varies in nature and art. In a woman the flesh must be like marble; in a statue the marble must be like flesh.” ArtBeautyDearFleshStatuesVaryMarbleDear GodNature And Art Author:Victor Hugo
“Being the first woman speaker and breaking the marble ceiling is pretty important. Now it's time to move on.” FirstsImportantMovingBeautySpeakersCeilingsMarbleTime To Move On Author:Nancy Pelosi
“Dear God! how beauty varies in nature and art.” ArtBeautyArt IsDearVaryMarbleDear GodNature And Art Author:Victor Hugo