Roses/art

Famous quotes containing the words roses and/or art:

    “O night,
    you take the petals
    of the roses in your hand,
    but leave the stark core
    of the rose
    to perish on the branch.”
    —Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)

    “All art is a struggle to be, in a particular sort of way, virtuous.”
    —Iris Murdoch (b. 1919)