Marble

Famous quotes containing the word marble:

“The marble not yet carved can hold the form Of every thought the greatest artist has.”
—Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475–1564)

“I can’t forget
How she stood at the top of that long marble stair
Amazed, and then with a sleepy pirouette
Went dancing slowly down to the fountain-quieted square;”
—Richard Wilbur (b. 1921)

“Interred beneath this marble stone
Lie Saunt’ring Jack and Idle Joan.”
—Matthew Prior (1664–1721)