The Earth reminded us of a Christmas tree ornament hanging in the blackness of space. As we got farther and farther away it diminished in size. Finally it shrank to the size of a marble the most beautiful marble you can imagine.

I regard golf as an expensive way of playing marbles.

The Parthenon without the marbles is like a smile with a tooth missing.

A disaster where marble has been substituted for imagination.

I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.

What sculpture is to a block of marble education is to the soul.

A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when forget-me-nots have withered. Carve your name on hearts not on marble.

A sculptor wields The chisel and the stricken marble grows To beauty.

Dear God! how beauty varies in nature and art. In a woman the flesh must be like marble in a statue the marble must be like flesh.

I choose a block of marble and chop off whatever I don't need.