Famous quotes containing the word pictures:
“In some pictures of Provincetown the persons of the inhabitants are not drawn below the ankles, so much being supposed to be buried in the sand.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)
“Sam Goldwyn said, Howm I gonna do decent pictures when all my good writers are in jail? Then he added, the infallible Goldwyn, Dont misunderstand me, they all ought to be hung. Mr. Goldwyn didnt know about hanged. Thats all there is to say.”
—Dorothy Parker (18931967)
“There is nothing on earth more exquisite than a bonny book, with well-placed columns of rich black writing in beautiful borders, and illuminated pictures cunningly inset. But nowadays, instead of looking at books, people read them. A book might as well be one of those orders for bacon and bran.”
—George Bernard Shaw (18561950)