Your work is carved out of agony as a statue is carved out of marble.

Quote by Louise Bogan

Topics: Work Quotes

Your work is carved out of agony as a statue is carved out of marble.

Your work is carved out of agony as a statue is carved out of marble.

Because language is the carrier of ideas, it is easy to believe that it should...

Because language is the carrier of ideas, it is easy to believe that it should...

Women have no wilderness in them. They are provident instead content in the tight hot...

Women have no wilderness in them. They are provident instead content in the tight hot...

No more pronouncements on lousy verse. No more hidden competition. No more struggling not to...

No more pronouncements on lousy verse. No more hidden competition. No more struggling not to...

The intellectual is a middle-class product; if he is not born into the class he...

The intellectual is a middle-class product; if he is not born into the class he...

But childhood prolonged, cannot remain a fairyland. It becomes a hell.

But childhood prolonged, cannot remain a fairyland. It becomes a hell.

Stupidity always accompanies evil. Or evil, stupidity.

Stupidity always accompanies evil. Or evil, stupidity.

Innocence of heart and violence of feeling are necessary in any kind of superior achievement:...

Innocence of heart and violence of feeling are necessary in any kind of superior achievement:...

The natural liberty of man is to be free from any superior power on Earth,...

The natural liberty of man is to be free from any superior power on Earth,...

Students today are a pretty solemn lot. One of the really notable achievements of the...

Students today are a pretty solemn lot. One of the really notable achievements of the...

To accomplish more, redirect your mental energy by continuously reminding yourself of all the things...

To accomplish more, redirect your mental energy by continuously reminding yourself of all the things...

People often resist change for reasons that make good sense to them, even if those...

People often resist change for reasons that make good sense to them, even if those...

The way to be nothing is to do nothing.

The way to be nothing is to do nothing.

He who would accomplish little must sacrifice little; he who would accomplish much must sacrifice...

He who would accomplish little must sacrifice little; he who would accomplish much must sacrifice...

What you declare you will achieve.

What you declare you will achieve.

I think my greatest single achievement took place on a Tuesday in March, when, with...

I think my greatest single achievement took place on a Tuesday in March, when, with...

Achievement is not always success, while reputed failure often is. It is honest endeavor, persistent...

Achievement is not always success, while reputed failure often is. It is honest endeavor, persistent...

When the fruit is scarcest its taste is sweetest

When the fruit is scarcest its taste is sweetest

When you do nothing, you feel overwhelmed and powerless. But when you get involved, you...

When you do nothing, you feel overwhelmed and powerless. But when you get involved, you...

What a great discrepancy there is between men and the results they achieve! It is...

What a great discrepancy there is between men and the results they achieve! It is...

The innocent and the beautiful Have no enemy but time

The innocent and the beautiful Have no enemy but time