Iron Block

Famous quotes containing the words iron and/or block:

“Good iron is not hammered into nails, and good men should not be made into soldiers.”
—Chinese proverb.

“Painting consumes labour not disproportionate to its effect; but 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.”
—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)