Man Is Both The Sculptor And The Marble

Both the marble and the sculptor posted on october 15 2014 march 9 2015 by larisa a few weeks ago i ran into this beautiful quote by alexis carrel which captures the difficulty of changing oneself both perfectly and poetically.

Man is both the sculptor and the marble.

Betterment change human self formation self improvement. Man cannot remake himself without suffering for he is both the marble and the sculptor alexis carrel tags. Man cannot remake himself without suffering for he is both the marble and the sculptor alexis carell. Posted by 5 years ago.

Where it is not clear which subject is the artist and which the muse which is the art and which is the imitation. For he is both the marble and the sculptor. In order to uncover his true visage he must shatter his own substance with heavy blows of his hammer. Man cannot remake himself without suffering for he is both the marble and the sculptor alexis carrel i love those liminal spaces where art architecture fashion and photography intersect.

And he cannot remake himself without suffering. I love these photos. In chapter 8 of man the unknown by alexis carrel.