“The statue lies hid in a block of marble; and the art of the statuary only clears away the superfluous matter, and removes the rubbish.” ArtMatterLyingBlockRemoveSculptureStatuesMarbleRubbishSuperfluous Book:The spectator Source: The spectator
“A statue lies hid in a block of marble, and the art of the statuary only clears away the superfluous matter and removes the rubbish. The figure is in the stone; the sculptor only finds it. What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to a human soul. The philosopher, the saint, or the hero,--the wise, the good, or the great man,--very often lies hid and concealed in a plebeian, which a proper education might have disinterred, and have brought to light.” MenHumansArtSoulMatterLightMightLyingEducationWiseFiguresHeroStonesSaintPhilosopherBlockGreat MenRemoveSculptureStatuesHuman SoulConcealedMarbleRubbishSculptorsSuperfluousPlebeians Book:The works of ... Joseph Addison, with notes by R. Hurd Source: The works of ... Joseph Addison, with notes by R. Hurd
“In the field of economics we maintain to this day some of the most primitive ideas, some of the most radically false ideas, some of the most absurd ideas a brain can hold. ... but all this give no uneasiness to the average brain. That long-suffering organ has been trained for more thousands of years than history can uncover to hold in unquestioning patience great blocks of irrelevant idiocy and large active lies.” GivingYearsLongHas BeensIdeasLyingSufferingBrainFieldsEconomicsAverageActiveAbsurdBlockThis DayOrgansPrimitiveIrrelevantIdiocyGullibilityUneasinessLong Suffering Author:Charlotte Perkins Gilman