Gaudens Quotes & Sayings

For we constantly deal with practical problems, with moulders, contractors, derricks, stonemen, trucks, rubbish, plasterers and what-not-else, all the while trying to soar into the blue. — Augustus Saint-Gaudens

[After viewing the Palace of Electricity at the 1900 Trocadero Exposition in Paris]
[Saint-Gaudens and Matthew Arnold] felt a railway train as power; yet they, and all other artists, constantly complained that the power embodied in a railway train could never be embodied in art. All the steam in the world could not, like the Virgin, build Chartres. — Henry Adams

Coming [to Paris] has been a wonderful experience, surprising in many respects, one of them being to find how much of an American I am. — Augustus Saint-Gaudens

What garlic is to salad, insanity is to art. — Augustus Saint-Gaudens

I've signed with major labels, and I haven't had any control over the money. — Chuck D

She is a mirror reflecting to you the impact and influence that you, or other males, have had on her. — Tony Evans

There is one rule for politicians all over the world: Don't say in Power what you say in opposition; if you do, you only have to carry out what the other fellows have found impossible. — John Galsworthy

A day will come when you think yourself safe and happy, and suddenly your joy will turn to ashes in your mouth, and you'll know the debt is paid. - Tyrion — George R R Martin

I'm surrounded by it. I have so many lovely people around me who are supportive, gentle, kind and considerate. I'm so grateful for every day that I'm on the planet and that continues to be so. — Richard O'Brien