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“Sculpture is not the mere cutting of the form of anything in stone; it is the cutting of the effect of it. Very often the true form, in the marble, would not be in the least like itself.”

Form Cutting Effects Stones Mere Sculpture Marble

Book:The seven lamps of architecture

Source: The seven lamps of architecture

“Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me." The adage is true as long as you don't really believe the words. But if your whole upbringing, and everything you have ever been told by parents, teachers and priests, has led you to believe, really believe, utterly and completely, that sinners burn in hell (or some other obnoxious article of doctrine such as that a woman is the property of her husband), it is entirely plausible that words could have a more long-lasting and damaging effect than deeds.”

“Contentment produces, in some measure, all those effects which the alchemist usually ascribes to what he calls the philosopher's stone; and if it does not bring riches, it does the same thing by banishing the desire for them.”

Ifs Doe Desire Effects Produce Stones Philosopher Riches Contentment Alchemist

Book:Essays, Moral and Humorous. Also Essays on Imagination and Taste

Source: Essays, Moral and Humorous. Also Essays on Imagination and Taste

“When you're dealing with something sensitive, which is about culture, and its effect on a generation, you don't want any stones not to be turned over.”

Want Culture Generations Effects Stones Sensitive

Author:Steve Stoute

“I imagine if you had built the Newton Memorial outside Paris ... it would have undoubtedly shown the violence of 1870 and 1914 and 1942 and 1945 - even 1968! Consider building a vast cube of stone merely to register the effects of violence - marked and dated as an indictment.”

Ifs Imagine Violence Effects Building Built Stones Paris Memorial Newton Register Cubes Indictment

Author:Peter Greenaway

“The observer, when he seems to himself to be observing a stone, is really, if physics is to be believed, observing the effects of the stone upon himself.”

Ifs Philosophy Seems Spiritual Effects Stones Philosophical Physics Observers Observing

Book:An Inquiry into Meaning and Truth

Source: An Inquiry into Meaning and Truth

“My father used to say that life is what you make it. Today is the first day of the rest of your life. You can’t change the past, but the future isn’t set in stone. You can effect a change there. Move forward not with hatred or love. Move forward with purpose. (Simone)”

Firsts Today Past Moving Life Is Used Purpose Father Effects Stones Hatred Moving Forward Rest Of Your Life Can't Change You Can't Change The Past Can't Change The Past

Book:Dream Chaser

Source: Dream Chaser