“A wife is the earth itself, changing hands, bearing scars.” HandsEarthWifeScar Book:The Poisonwood Bible Source: The Poisonwood Bible
“Our characteristic response to the mutilated statue, the bronze dug up from the earth, is revealing. It is not that we prefer time-worn bas-reliefs, or rusted statuettes as such, nor is it the vestiges of death that grip us in them, but those of life. Mutilation is the scar left by the struggle with Time, and a reminder of it - Time which is as much a part of ancient works of art as the material they are made of, and thrusts up through the fissures, from a dark underworld, where all is at once chaos and determinism.” ArtMadeEarthLeftDarkStruggleMaterialsResponseChaosAncientCharacteristicsReliefWorks Of ArtScarWornRemindersRevealingStatuesThrustDeterminismUnderworldBronzeMutilation Author:Andre Malraux
“Polite conservationists leave no mark save the scars upon the Earth that could have been prevented had they stood their ground.” Has BeensEarthMarkScarPoliteCould Have Been Author:David R. Brower