Prickly Pear Fruit

Famous quotes containing the words prickly, pear and/or fruit:

    What is this beast, she thought,
    with muscles on his arms
    like a bag of snakes?
    What is this moss on his legs?
    What prickly plant grows on his cheeks?
    What is this voice as deep as a dog?
    Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

    It is commonly said by farmers, that a good pear or apple costs no more time or pains to rear, than a poor one; so I would have no work of art, no speech, or action, or thought, or friend, but the best.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    Art is a fruit that grows in man, like a fruit on a plant, or a child in its mother’s womb.
    Jean Arp (1887–1948)