"The wonders of the Grand Canyon cannot be adequately represented in symbols of speech, nor by speech itself. The resources of the graphic art are taxed beyond their powers in attempting to portray its features. Language and illustration combined must fail."

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Source : John Wesley Powell (2008). “Canyons of the Colorado”, p.394, Cosimo, Inc.

John Wesley Powell

#Art Quotes #Illustration Quotes #Speech Quotes

“When key users told us something wasn't working, we fixed it - immediately.”
“If you're not really having a good time, it's not worth it.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Most writers steal a good thing when they can, and when 'Tis safely got 'Tis worth the winning. The worst of 't is we now and then detect em, they ever dream that we suspect em.”

Source : Bryan Waller Procter (1820). “A Sicilian Story ; with Diego de Montilla and Other Poems”, p.135
“Being strong, showing that you will see things through no matter what comes your way, that's what matters most to me.”
“Oddly enough, the lack of money makes us a little bit more creative in a sense.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“The more I see of man, the more I like dogs.”
“For the first time in my life, I felt that a wave, a justice was sweeping away a deep-seated decay without any indulgence. I dearly wished that it would keep going without hesitation or deviation, in a spirit of purity forever.”
“Memories are not shackles, Franklin, they are garlands.”

Source : 1968 Forty Years On (published1969), act 2.

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