A fellow will hack half a year at a block of marble to make something in stone that hardly resembles a man. The value of statuary is owing to its difficulty. You would not value the finest head cut upon a carrot.


The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides (ed. 1859)

Samuel Johnson Quotes

A fellow will hack half a year at a block of marble to make something in stone that hardly resembles a man. The value of statuary is owing to its...

A fellow will hack half a year at a block of marble to make something in stone that hardly resembles a man. The value of statuary is owing to its...

A fellow will hack half a year at a block of marble to make something in stone that hardly resembles a man. The value of statuary is owing to its...

A fellow will hack half a year at a block of marble to make something in stone that hardly resembles a man. The value of statuary is owing to its...