Stone Cold

Famous quotes containing the words stone and/or cold:

“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)

“The eyes of strangers
Are cold as snowdrops....”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)