Famous quotes containing the words excess and/or studio:
“There is an excess both in happiness and misery above our power of sensation.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)
“[T]hose wholemeal breads ... look hand-thrown, like studio pottery, and are fine if you have all your teeth. But if not, then not. Perhaps the rise ... of the ... factory-made loaf, which may easily be mumbled to a pap betweeen gums, reflects the sorry state of the nation’s dental health.”
—Angela Carter (1940–1992)