Labour Effort

Famous quotes containing the words labour and/or effort:

“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)

“God and the Devil are an effort after specialization and the division of labor.”
—Samuel Butler (1835–1902)