“So long as we see the stones and joints, and are not deceived as to the points of support in any piece of architecture, we may rather praise than regret the dexterous artifices which compel us to feel as if there were fibre in its shafts and life in its branches.” IfsFeelsMayLongSupportPiecesRegretStonesPraiseArchitectureBranchesDeceivedJointsArtifice Book:The seven lamps of architecture Source: The seven lamps of architecture
“I think we ripple on into others, just like a stone puts its ripples into a brook. That, for me, too, is a source of comfort. It kind of, in a sense, negates the sense of total oblivion. Some piece of ourselves, not necessarily our consciousness, but some piece of ourselves gets passed on and on and on.” ThinkingKindConsciousnessPiecesSourceComfortStonesOblivionBrooksRipple Author:Irvin D. Yalom
“Centres, or centre-pieces of wood, are put by builders under an arch of stone while it is in the process of construction till the keystone is put in. Just such is the use Satan makes of pleasures to construct evil habits upon; the pleasure lasts till the habit is fully formed; but that done the habit may stand eternal. The pleasures are sent for firewood, and the hell begins in this life.” MayDoneUseLastsEvilProcessPleasureHellPiecesHabitEternalStonesWoodsThis LifeSatanConstructionCentreConstructsBuilderArchesKeystonesFirewood Author:Samuel Taylor Coleridge
“My grandmother's feet had been bound when she was two years old. Her mother...first wound a piece of white cloth about twenty feet long round her feet, bending all the toes except the big toe inward and under the sole. Then she placed a large stone on top to crush the arch.” YearsFirstsLongTwoBigsMotherWhitePiecesFeetStonesTwentiesBoundsRoundsChinaWoundsCrushGrandmotherTwo YearsSoleInwardToesMy GrandmotherArchesBendingTwo Year Olds Author:Jung Chang
“All these soft kinds [of stone] have the advantage that they can be easily worked as soon as they have been taken from the quarries. Under cover, they play their part well; but in open and exposed situations the frost and rime make them crumble, and they go to pieces. On the seacoast, too, the salt eats away and dissolves them, nor can they stand great heat either.” WellsKindHas BeensPlaySituationTakenPiecesAdvantageStonesHeatExposedSaltFrostQuarry Author:Marcus Vitruvius Pollio
“Making a movie is like chipping away at a stone. You take a piece off here, you take a piece off there and when you're finished, you have a sculpture. You know that there's something in there, but you're not sure exactly what it is until you find it.” KnowsPiecesStonesFinishedNot SureSculptureChipping Away Author:Robert Altman
“I've had my ups and downs, and I definitely have a sense - in America, especially - that once you've made your mark and gotten your Rolling Stone piece and your Grammy nomination, that they're on to the next piece of meat, and they don't necessarily like to follow the twistsand turns of an artistic career. Throwing an opera at them is something they have to notice. There's nothing subtle about it.” MadeAmericaTurnsNextCareersPiecesStonesMarkArtisticMeatSubtleThrowingOperaRollingUps & DownsRolling StonesNominationsOne PieceGrammy Author:Rufus Wainwright
“When war ends, women are the first to pick up the pieces. Where there is no market place, they go door to door. When homes are destroyed, mothers and daughters haul stones to rebuild or plow fields together.” FirstsWarEndsHomeTogetherMotherPiecesDoorsFieldsPicksDaughterStonesDestroyedMother And DaughterHaul Author:Zainab Salbi